justice joseph quinn
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Colorado justices to answer sentencing question for defendants in community corrections
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
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…