justice joseph quinn
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Colorado justices to answer sentencing question for defendants in community corrections
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will decide whether to overrule its 33-year-old conclusion that defendants serving time in a non-residential community corrections program are not entitled to deduct that time if they are resentenced to prison. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear a case on appeal.…
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Former Chief Justice Joseph Quinn dies, age 90
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Joseph R. Quinn, who served as chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from 1985 to 1993, died on Thursday at age 90. A criminal defense attorney and law school instructor, Quinn first joined the state’s highest court in 1980 as an appointee of Gov. Dick Lamm, and he served as a Denver District Court…
