Legal Opinion

People v. Ledford

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided November 23, 1970No. 24698PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hodges

The defendant-appellee was convicted in the Adams County Court of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. His application for probation was granted. As one of the conditions of probation, he was ordered to serve ninety days in the county jail. On appeal, the district court affirmed the conviction, but remanded the case to the Adams County Court for resentencing on its ruling that the Adams County Court lacked statutory authority to impose a ninety-day sentence as one of the conditions of probation. We granted certiorari to review the issue pertaining to the authority of a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Roberts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Franklin v. StateIdaho Supreme Court · 1964
  3. Emil Richard Yates v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
  4. Archer v. SnookDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1926
  5. Logan v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1958

3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Davis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. Sprague v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
  3. People v. DeadmondSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
  4. People v. MilneSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
  5. Cumhuriyet v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980

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