Colorado § 18-1.3-1205 Week of execution - warrant

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-1.3-1205 — Week of execution - warrant

Colorado § 18-1.3-1205

Title 18Criminal

Art.Sentencing in Criminal Cases

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-1205 (2026).

Text

When a person is convicted of a
class 1 felony, the punishment for which is death, and the convicted person is
sentenced to suffer the penalty of death, the judge passing such sentence shall
appoint and designate in the warrant of conviction a week of time within which the
sentence must be executed; the end of such week so appointed shall be not fewer
than ninety-one days nor more than one hundred twenty-six days from the day of
passing the sentence. Said warrant shall be directed to the executive director of
the department of corrections or the executive director's designee commanding
said executive director or designee to execute the sentence imposed upon some
day within the week of time designated in the warrant and shall be delivered to the
sheriff of the county in which such

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When a person is convicted of a
class 1 felony, the punishment for which is death, and the convicted person is
sentenced to suffer the penalty of death, the judge passing such sentence shall
appoint and designate in the warrant of conviction a week of time within which the
sentence must be executed; the end of such week so appointed shall be not fewer
than ninety-one days nor more than one hundred twenty-six days from the day of
passing the sentence. Said warrant shall be directed to the executive director of
the department of corrections or the executive director's designee commanding
said executive director or designee to execute the sentence imposed upon some
day within the week of time designated in the warrant and shall be delivered to the
sheriff of the county in which such conviction is had, who, within three days
thereafter, shall proceed to the correctional facilities at Cañon City and deliver the
convicted person, together with the warrant, to said executive director or designee,
who shall keep the convict in confinement until execution of the death penalty.
Persons shall be permitted access to the inmate pursuant to prison rules. Such
rules shall provide, at a minimum, for the inmate's attendants, counsel, and
physician, a spiritual adviser selected by the inmate, and members of the inmate's
family to have access to the inmate.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1453, � 2, effective October 1. L. 2002, 3rd Ex. Sess.: Entire section amended, p. 14, � 4, effective October 1. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (SB 12-175), ch. 208, p. 869, � 122, effective July 1.