Colorado § 18-1.3-1101 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-1.3-1101 — Definitions

Colorado § 18-1.3-1101

Title 18Criminal

Art.Sentencing in Criminal Cases

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-1101 (2026).

Text

As used in this part 11:

(1)Defendant means any person charged with a class 1 felony.

(2)Mentally retarded defendant or defendant with an intellectual and developmental disability means any defendant with significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with substantial deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested and documented during the developmental period. The requirement for documentation may be excused by the court upon a finding that extraordinary circumstances exist.

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As used in this part 11:

(1) Defendant means any person charged with a class 1 felony.

(2) Mentally retarded defendant or defendant with an intellectual and
developmental disability means any defendant with significantly subaverage
general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with substantial deficits in
adaptive behavior and manifested and documented during the developmental
period. The requirement for documentation may be excused by the court upon a
finding that extraordinary circumstances exist.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1444, � 2, effective October 1. L. 2018: (2) amended, (SB 18-096), ch. 44, p. 469, � 2, effective August 8.