Kirbens v. Martinez

ROVIRA, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review a decision of the court of appeals affirming the Denver District Court’s invalidation of a jail sentence imposed by the petitioner, the Honorable Samuel Kirbens, one of the judges of the County Court of the City and County of Denver, on the respondent, Anthony Martinez, for violation of a Denver ordinance. The court of appeals held that the sentence was invalid because the petitioner reinstated the suspended jail sentence after the maximum possible period of imprisonment for the respondent’s offense had elapsed. The court held that the…