Colorado Code § 16-11-307

Credit for confinement pending appeal
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(1) (a) A defendant whose
sentence was stayed pending appeal prior to July 1, 1972, but who was confined pending
disposition of the appeal, is entitled to credit against the maximum and minimum terms of his
sentence for the entire period of confinement served while the stay of execution was in effect.
(b) A defendant whose sentence is stayed pending appeal after July 1, 1972, but who is
confined pending disposition of the appeal, is entitled to credit against the term of his sentence
for the entire period of such confinement, and this is so even though the defendant could have
elected to commence serving his sentence before disposition of his appeal.
(2) The sheriff or other officer having charge of the defendant during such confinement
shall endorse the length of such confinement on the mittimus and deliver it to the prison
authorities when the defendant is delivered for commitment.
(3) The credit shall be computed by the prison authorities to the date of commitment.
The computation shall be made as soon as practicable and the credit automatically awarded. The
defendant shall be advised of the credit as soon as it is computed.

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