Time Calculator Enter the sentencing date; we’ll determine how much time has elapsed between that date and the next business day.* Timing is important. Entire appeals have centered on a defendant’s attempt to take action a day, a month or more, after a deadline passes. Timely- an action taken before a deadline passes is on time. It is referred to as “timely”. However, actions taken after a deadline passes (actios out-of-time) can be treated as “timely” if a good argument is put forth, and the Court agrees. Out-of-time- an action taken after a deadline passes is “out-of-time” but not necessarily untimely. The difference comes in how you treat the Court. If it’s 2008 and your notice, petition, or motion needed to be filed by February 1, 2005, it is clearly out-of-time. Don’t insult the Court by saying that today is really February 1, 2005. You need to argue that the action should be taken as timely because “my dog ate my motion” or “Dick Cheney shot my lawyer” (those exact arguments won’t work, so don’t try them). In legal terms, you need to show “justifiable excuse or excusable neglect”. *This assumes that what you need is done and delivered to the proper court before 5:00 p.m. on the next business day. The Calculator: Enter the Date of Sentencing:      Month:  JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember  Day:  12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031  Year:  1970197119721973197419751976197719781979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015 . Date Of Action:        Today        Specifiy Other Date        Month:  JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember  Day:  12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031  Year:  1970197119721973197419751976197719781979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015   What can you do given the time that has elapsed? For a list of possibilities, you need to answer two more questions. Enter the time elapsed:   days   months   years Click here to use the results from the time calculator In which court was your conviction?        Colorado State (District) Court        El Paso County Court        Teller County Court        Any Municipal Court        Federal Court The results here are for County and State courts only, and only in Colorado. Convictions in Federal Court, municipal (city) court and the courts of other states have vastly different timelines and this calculator will not work. A jury verdict of guilty, a court finding of guilt at a court trial, a plea of guilty, a plea of Nolo Contendre or an Alford plea will be treated as a conviction by the Court. The “type” of guilty plea does matter, but not yet. Of what type of offense were you convicted?        Misdemeanor        Felony        Felony of the First Class

 

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