he was convicted as homicide. now colorado's district attorney is asking the court to reconsider his sentence. it's interesting for the d.a., right, to recommend a lower sentence here. what do we expect to happen? >> reporter: that's right, jim. the status hearing has been set for monday. the district filed a second motion to expedite this process so it could be heard by the same judge who presided over the case. this wouldn't overturn the conviction, but the district attorney said in a statement, quote, it simply allows the court greater flexibility than at the initial sentencing. at issue are these colorado minimum sentencing laws that says they have to be served consecutively. the sentence is twice as long as some murder convicts. almost immediately the sentence drew scrutiny, include prg the judge himself who roit rs