People v. Isom

Opinion by JUDGE LICHTENSTEIN

¶ 1 In this appeal we construe two statutory provisions governing the sentencing of habitual sex offenders against children: sections 18-3-412(2) and 18-1.3-1004(1)(c), C.R.S.2014. We construe them as requiring a district court to sentence a habitual sex offender against children to an indeterminate prison sentence with a lower term of three times the maximum of the presumptive range, unless the court finds extraordinary aggravating circumstances under section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S.2014, in which case the lower term can be up to six times the maximum of the…