Mikkleson v. People

In People v. Mikkleson, 42 Colo. App. 77, 593 P.2d 975 (1979), the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s denial of Petitioner Mikkleson’s Crim. P. 35(a) motion to reduce his sentence for first-degree sexual assault. We granted certiorari to review the jurisdictional issue regarding the right to appeal a district court’s denial of a defendant’s 35(a) motion.

After the petitioner pled guilty to the charge of first-degree sexual assault, he was sentenced to a term which was within the maximum and the minimum sentence in effect at the time of the commission of this crime. See…