Nowak v. Suthers

T1 In this habeas corpus appeal, we consider whether section 17-22.5-101, C.R.S. (2018), requires the Colorado Department of Corrections ("DOC") to construe an inmate's sentences as one continuous sentence in determining his parole eligibility date ("PED"), when the second sentence is not imposed until after the PED for the first sentence has passed, and when doing so would result in the inmate becoming parole eligible before serving at least 50% of the second sentence. To resolve this question, we evaluate for the first time the relationship between section 17-22.5-101 and section…