Legal Opinion

People v. Torrez

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided March 29, 2012No. 09CA0511PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge HAWTHORNE.

¶ 1 Defendant, Amber Lee Torrez, appeals the Jefferson County District Court’s order granting her 86 days of presentence confinement credit (PSCC) for the time she was physically confined in Jefferson County prior to being sentenced and denying her PSCC for the 1,493 days she was confined in Denver and at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo (CMHIP).

I. Summary

¶ 2 In this appeal, we apply the PSCC statute to novel circumstances. Defendant was confined in Denver on separate Denver and Jefferson County arrest warrants. She was subsequently ordered to be…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Schubert v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
  2. Massey v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1987
  3. Beecroft v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
  4. People v. WallinColorado Court of Appeals · 2007
  5. Brinklow v. RivelandSupreme Court of Colorado · 1989

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. HoweColorado Court of Appeals · 2012
  2. People v. FransuaColorado Court of Appeals · 2016
  3. People v. TorrezSupreme Court of Colorado · 2017
  4. People v. TorrezSupreme Court of Colorado · 2017
  5. People v. TorrezSupreme Court of Colorado · 2017

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