Williamson v. Jordan

Ed Jordan, Sheriff of Weld County, and the Colorado Department of Corrections (the Department) appeal the judgment of the Weld County District Court granting a writ for habeas corpus requiring the Department, to discharge Robert Williamson from custody. We have jurisdiction of this appeal pursuant to section 13 — 4—102(l)(e), 6A C.R.S. (1987). The Department contends that the trial court erred in discharging Williamson from custody and in rejecting the Department’s administrative construction of section. 17-22.5-303(4), 8A C.R.S. (1986), 1 the statutory provision governing the allocation of…