Colorado § 16-12-201 Legislative declaration

Colorado Statutes

§ 16-12-201 — Legislative declaration

Colorado·Title 16 Criminal·Art. Review of Judgments in Criminal Cases

(1)The general assembly hereby declares that the purpose of this part 2 is to establish an expedited system of unitary review of class 1 felony cases in which a death sentence is imposed.

(2)The general assembly finds that enactment of this part 2 will accomplish the following goals:

(a)Ensuring compliance with the requirements of the federal Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, 28 U.S.C. sec. 2261 et seq.;

(b)Improving the accuracy, completeness, and justice of review proceedings by requiring that postconviction review commence immediately after the imposition of a sentence of death;

(c)Allowing for the full and fair examination of all legally cognizable postconviction and appellate issues by the trial court and the Colorado supreme court; and

(d)Elimi

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(1) The general assembly hereby
declares that the purpose of this part 2 is to establish an expedited system of
unitary review of class 1 felony cases in which a death sentence is imposed.

(2) The general assembly finds that enactment of this part 2 will accomplish
the following goals:

(a) Ensuring compliance with the requirements of the federal Antiterrorism
and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, 28 U.S.C. sec. 2261 et seq.;

(b) Improving the accuracy, completeness, and justice of review proceedings
by requiring that postconviction review commence immediately after the imposition
of a sentence of death;

(c) Allowing for the full and fair examination of all legally cognizable
postconviction and appellate issues by the trial court and the Colorado supreme
court; and

(d) Eliminating, to the fullest extent possible, unreasonable and unjust
delays in the resolution of postconviction issues by combining and reducing the
number of proceedings in class 1 felony cases.

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