Diehl v. Weiser

Citations

• 2019 CO 70
• 444 P.3d 313

Syllabus

The Supreme Court determined how the Department of Corrections (DOC) should calculate an inmate's parole eligibility date when an inmate is released to serve mandatory parole and receives additional concurrent sentences. The Court concluded that the DOC's interpretation of the statutory scheme for inmate and parole time computations is reasonable. Accordingly, the Court held that the new parole eligibility date for an inmate who was re-incarcerated for a parole violation and is sentenced for additional offenses should be calculated using the beginning of the period of mandatory parole as the start of the inmate's one continuous sentence. The district court's judgment was reversed.