Case Name: Leonard Eugene Hobbs v. The People of the State of Colorado
Court: Colorado Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Colorado
Decision Date: 1966-01-31
Citations: 159 Colo. 161
Docket Number: No. 21524
Parties: Leonard Eugene Hobbs v. The People of the State of Colorado.
Judges: 
Reporter: Colorado Reports
Volume: 159
Pages: 161–162

Head Matter:
No. 21524.
Leonard Eugene Hobbs v. The People of the State of Colorado.
(410 P.2d 516)
Decided January 31, 1966.
Robert G. Fredrickson, for plaintiff in error.
Duke W. Dunbar, Attorney General, Frank E. Hickey, Deputy, Robert C. Miller, for defendant in error.
En Banc.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Day
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This writ of error was issued and the briefs submitted prior to our rulings in Silva v. People, 158 Colo. 326, 407 P.2d 38.
Two of the Issues raised in the case at bar, (a) the question of dual punishment and (b) the matter of proof and identity, were fully treated in the Silva case and require no reiteration.
One other point was raised in the summary of argument by the plaintiff in error. He states that the imposition of a mandatory two-year incarceration following an escape, as provided in C.R.S. '53, 39-18-4 (2), before a prisoner may apply for parole or be discharged, is unconstitutional in that it could result in keeping a person beyond the maximum sentence imposed by the court. Suffice it to say that this plaintiff in error is not in that category and has approximately some eight years left to serve on his maximum sentence. He cannot have the statute tested in a vacuum and on hypothetical matters not germane to his situation.
The judgment is affirmed.