If, through oversight or otherwise, any person is sentenced or committed to the custody of the executive director of the department of corrections for the commission of a misdemeanor for a definite period of time, the sentence or commitment shall not for that reason be void, but the person so sentenced or committed shall be subject to the liabilities and entitled to the benefits which are applicable to those persons who are properly sentenced.
Source: L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1419, § 2, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 16-11-303 as it existed prior to 2002.