People v. Jones

HODGES, Chief Justice.

The defendants-appellants in both of these cases appealed a trial court’s denial of motions for reduction of sentence. In both cases, only questions of law, which are precisely the same, are presented. We have therefore consolidated the cases for purposes of this opinion.

Both defendants argue that each is entitled to be resentenced under Colorado’s new presumptive sentencing scheme. Specifically, each argues that the 1977 version of this amendatory legislation, H.B. 1589, Colo.Sess.Laws 1977, ch. 216 at 867, became law on July 1, 1978 because the governor’s call for a…