Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Meredith v. Zavaras

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided February 23, 1998No. 97SA417Published

1ConcurrenceJustice Kourlis

specially concurring:

I join the Majority opinion; however I write separately to emphasize certain matters of fact and law.

I

First, on the substantive issue before the court, it is my view that the Denver District Court (Denver Court) had no jurisdiction or authority to change or affect the Adams County District Court (Adams Court) sentence and did not, in fact, affect that sentence. The Denver Court’s authority was limited to making findings regarding the defendant’s status for its own sentencing purposes. See Outler v. Norton, 934 P.2d 922, 926-27 (Colo.App.1997).

The Denver Court was directed…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Bullard v. Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1997
  2. Godbold v. District Court in & for the Twenty-First Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
  3. People v. HamSupreme Court of Colorado · 1987
  4. People v. HardmanColorado Court of Appeals · 1982
  5. McDonnell v. Juvenile CourtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1993

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