Colorado § 18-1.3-405 Credit for presentence confinement

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-1.3-405 — Credit for presentence confinement

Colorado § 18-1.3-405

Title 18Criminal

Art.Sentencing in Criminal Cases

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-405 (2026).

Text

A person who is confined
for an offense prior to the imposition of sentence for said offense is entitled to
credit against the term of his or her sentence for the entire period of such
confinement. At the time of sentencing, the court shall make a finding of the
amount of presentence confinement to which the offender is entitled and shall
include such finding in the mittimus. The period of confinement shall be deducted
from the sentence by the department of corrections. A person who is confined
pending a parole revocation hearing is entitled to credit for the entire period of such
confinement against any period of reincarceration imposed in the parole revocation
proceeding. The period of confinement shall be deducted from the period of
reincarceration by the department of correct

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A person who is confined
for an offense prior to the imposition of sentence for said offense is entitled to
credit against the term of his or her sentence for the entire period of such
confinement. At the time of sentencing, the court shall make a finding of the
amount of presentence confinement to which the offender is entitled and shall
include such finding in the mittimus. The period of confinement shall be deducted
from the sentence by the department of corrections. A person who is confined
pending a parole revocation hearing is entitled to credit for the entire period of such
confinement against any period of reincarceration imposed in the parole revocation
proceeding. The period of confinement shall be deducted from the period of
reincarceration by the department of corrections. If a defendant is serving a
sentence or is on parole for a previous offense when he or she commits a new
offense and he or she continues to serve the sentence for the previous offense
while charges on the new offense are pending, the credit given for presentence
confinement under this section shall be granted against the sentence the
defendant is currently serving for the previous offense and shall not be granted
against the sentence for the new offense.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1403, � 2, effective October 1. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09-1263), ch. 105, p. 383, � 3, effective August 5.