Shipley v. People

The defendant petitioned for review of the court of appeals' judgment upholding the trial court's refusal to reconsider his sentence. See People v. Shipley, 22 P.3d 564 (Colo.App. 2001). The trial court and court of appeals concluded that the special drug offender provision found at section 18-18-407, 8B C.R.S. (Supp.1993), required a sentence to the custody of the department of corrections, to the exclusion of any alternative sentences authorized by section 16-11-101, 8A C.R.S. (Supp. 1998). We hold that section 18-18-407(1) mandates only the length of sentence which a special drug offender…