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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102)
Article 1.3 - SENTENCING IN CRIMINAL CASES (§§ 18-1.3-101 — 18-1.3-1407)
Part 5 - MISDEMEANOR AND PETTY OFFENSE SENTENCING (§§ 18-1.3-501 — 18-1.3-510)
Section 18-1.3-509 - Credit for time served on misdemeanor sentences
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CO Rev Stat § 18-1.3-509 (2023)
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A person who is confined for a misdemeanor offense prior to the imposition of a sentence for the misdemeanor offense shall be entitled to credit against the term of his or her sentence for the entire period of the 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 the finding in the mittimus. The period of confinement shall be deducted from the offender's sentence by the county jail.
L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 558, § 5, effective April 16.
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