Fetzer v. Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections

Opinion by

JUDGE TAUBMAN

¶ 1 This case calls on us to consider the application of section 17-22.5-101, C.R.S. 2015, in circumstances not previously addressed by our appellate courts. We evaluate for the first time how section 17-22.5-101 applies to concurrent sentences, with different effective dates in determining an inmate’s parole eligibility date (PED).

¶ 2 Plaintiff, Raymond Lee Fetzer, an inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections, appeals the trial court’s dismissal of his petition for writ of mandamus for failure to state a claim for which relief could be granted.1 We reverse…