Legal Opinion

Godbold v. District Court in & for the Twenty-First Judicial District

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided February 2, 1981No. 80SA327PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ERICKSON, Justice.

Robert Earl Godbold petitioned for a writ of mandamus to compel the district court to grant him credit for 174 days presentence confinement time. Godbold claims that the respondent court’s failure to credit his sentence with time spent in presentence confinement violated his constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the laws. He also contends that the equal protection guarantee requires that he be afforded retroactive relief under the provisions of section 16-11-306, C.R.S.1973 (1979 Supp.). We issued a rule to show cause and now discharge the rule.

Godbold was arrested…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Stack v. BoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  2. Williams v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Tate v. ShortSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. People v. JonesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1971
  5. People v. McKennaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. State v. PhelanWashington Supreme Court · 1983
  2. People v. WatkinsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
  3. People v. TurmanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
  4. David Earle Johnson v. Chase RivelandCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
  5. Vashone-Caruso v. SuthersColorado Court of Appeals · 2001

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