context: As defendant points out, the IAD recognizes the detrimental effects of pending charges.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 712 P.2d 993, 997
citation_a.parenthetical: the primary purpose of the IAD is "to provide a mechanism for prisoners to insist upon speedy and final disposition of untried charges that are the subjects of detainers so that prison rehabilitation programs initiated for the prisoners' benefit will not be disrupted or precluded by the existence of these untried charges"
citation_a.sentence: See § 24-60-501, art. I, C.R.S.2001 (untried charges and detainers "produce uncertainties which obstruct programs of prisoner treatment and rehabilitation"); People v. Higinbotham, 712 P.2d 993, 997 (Colo.1986)(the primary purpose of the IAD is "to provide a mechanism for prisoners to insist upon speedy and final disposition of untried charges that are the subjects of detainers so that prison rehabilitation programs initiated for the prisoners' benefit will not be disrupted or precluded by the existence of these untried charges"); see also United States v. Kurt, 945 F.2d 248 (9th Cir.1991)(IAD procedures prevent prosecutorial abuses of the power of detainer that potentially allow a defendant to languish in the separate jurisdiction under the constant, but uncertain threat of further prosecution).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: IAD procedures prevent prosecutorial abuses of the power of detainer that potentially allow a defendant to languish in the separate jurisdiction under the constant, but uncertain threat of further prosecution
citation_b.sentence: See § 24-60-501, art. I, C.R.S.2001 (untried charges and detainers "produce uncertainties which obstruct programs of prisoner treatment and rehabilitation"); People v. Higinbotham, 712 P.2d 993, 997 (Colo.1986)(the primary purpose of the IAD is "to provide a mechanism for prisoners to insist upon speedy and final disposition of untried charges that are the subjects of detainers so that prison rehabilitation programs initiated for the prisoners' benefit will not be disrupted or precluded by the existence of these untried charges"); see also United States v. Kurt, 945 F.2d 248 (9th Cir.1991)(IAD procedures prevent prosecutorial abuses of the power of detainer that potentially allow a defendant to languish in the separate jurisdiction under the constant, but uncertain threat of further prosecution).