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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-20-107 (2026)

Good time credit allowable

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(Repealed)

Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 919, § 10, effective August 1. L. 79: (1), (2), IP (3), and (4) amended, p. 692, § 40, effective July 1. L. 84: Entire section repealed, p. 524, § 2, effective July 1.

Editor's note: This section was similar to former § 27-20-107 as it existed prior to 1977.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1979–1995 · leading case: Ingram v. Cooper, 698 P.2d 1314 (Colo. 1985).
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Ingram v. Cooper, 698 P.2d 1314 (Colo. 1985). · cites it 28× “The petitioners assert that they are entitled to a cumulative award of good-time credits under sections 17-20-104, 17-20-105, and 17-20-107, but received actual credit only under section 17-20-107. We conclude that the district court properly interpreted Colorado statutes…”
People v. Turman, 659 P.2d 1368 (Colo. 1983). · cites it 20× “Section 17-20-107, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.”
People v. Chavez, 659 P.2d 1381 (Colo. 1983). · cites it 16× “-5-101 mandates good-time credit for presentence confinement is that the statutory provision that allows good-time credit for crimes committed prior to July 1, 1979, allows credit only for a "prisoner confined in the correctional facilities at Canon City," section 17-20-107,…”
People v. Emig, 676 P.2d 1156 (Colo. 1984). · cites it 6× “See section 17-20-107, C.R.S.1973 (1983 Supp.”
People v. Shackelford, 729 P.2d 1016 (Colo. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “In his motion, defendant challenged the legality of the Department of Corrections’ method of computing his “trusty” time credits under former § 17-20-107(2), C.R.S. (1978 Repl.Vol. 8) (currently recodified as § 17-22.”
Ramos v. Lamm, 485 F. Supp. 122 (D. Colo. 1980). · cites it 2× “It was originally enacted in 1965, when the legislature declared that “the means [then] provided for the employment of prison labor [were] inadequate to furnish a sufficient number of prisoners with employment.”
People v. Bastardo, 725 P.2d 88 (Colo. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 15× “He contends that “trusty time” should have been credited from the outset of his sentence in the same manner as “good time” is credited under § 17-20-107(1), C.R.S. (1978 Repl.Vol. 8).”
Menchetti v. Wilson, 597 P.2d 1054 (Colo. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8)), provided: "No convict shall be discharged from the state penitentiary until he has remained the full term for which he was sentenced, to be computed from and including the day on which he was received into the same .”
Robert Chestnut v. Martin Magnusson, 942 F.2d 820 (1st Cir. 1991). “at 1371 (quoting C.R.S. § 17-20-107) (emphasis added). Thus, one of the purposes was rehabilitation.”
Vasquez v. Zavaras, 893 P.2d 105 (Colo. 1995). · cites it 6× “As the appellant points out, section 17-20-107, 8 C.R.S. (1978), which governed the allowance of good-time credits for persons convicted of crimes on and after September 1, 1935, was repealed in 1984.”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-20-107(1) — 3 cases
People v. Chavez, 659 P.2d 1381 (Colo. 1983). “-5-101 mandates good-time credit for presentence confinement is that the statutory provision that allows good-time credit for crimes committed prior to July 1, 1979, allows credit only for a "prisoner confined in the correctional facilities at Canon City," section 17-20-107,…”
Ingram v. Cooper, 698 P.2d 1314 (Colo. 1985). “The petitioners assert that they are entitled to a cumulative award of good-time credits under sections 17-20-104, 17-20-105, and 17-20-107, but received actual credit only under section 17-20-107. We conclude that the district court properly interpreted Colorado statutes…”
People v. Bastardo, 725 P.2d 88 (Colo. Ct. App. 1986). “He contends that “trusty time” should have been credited from the outset of his sentence in the same manner as “good time” is credited under § 17-20-107(1), C.R.S. (1978 Repl.Vol. 8).”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-20-107(2) — 3 cases
Ingram v. Cooper, 698 P.2d 1314 (Colo. 1985). “The petitioners assert that they are entitled to a cumulative award of good-time credits under sections 17-20-104, 17-20-105, and 17-20-107, but received actual credit only under section 17-20-107. We conclude that the district court properly interpreted Colorado statutes…”
People v. Shackelford, 729 P.2d 1016 (Colo. Ct. App. 1986). “In his motion, defendant challenged the legality of the Department of Corrections’ method of computing his “trusty” time credits under former § 17-20-107(2), C.R.S. (1978 Repl.Vol. 8) (currently recodified as § 17-22.”
People v. Bastardo, 725 P.2d 88 (Colo. Ct. App. 1986). “He contends that “trusty time” should have been credited from the outset of his sentence in the same manner as “good time” is credited under § 17-20-107(1), C.R.S. (1978 Repl.Vol. 8).”
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