§ 18-1.3-1207 — Record and certificate of execution

Colorado § 18-1.3-1207

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 18: Criminal
• Art.: Sentencing in Criminal Cases

Text

The executive director of
the department of corrections or his or her designee shall keep a book of record, to
be known as record of executions, in which shall be entered the reports specified in
this section. Immediately after the execution, a postmortem examination of the
body of the convict shall be made by the attending physician, who shall enter in said
book of record the nature and extent of the examination and sign and certify to the
same. The executive director or his or her designee shall also immediately make
and enter in said book a report, setting forth the time of such execution and that the
convict (naming him or her) was then and there executed in conformity to the
sentence specified in the warrant of the court (naming such court) to him or her
directed and in accordance with the provisions of this part 12, and shall insert in
said report the names of all the persons who were present and witnessed the
execution, and shall procure each of such persons to sign said report with his or her
full name and place of residence before leaving the place of execution. The
executive director or his or her designee shall thereupon attach his or her
certificate to said report, certifying to the truth and correctness thereof, and shall
immediately deliver a certified transcript of the record entry to the court which
sentenced the convict.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1454, � 2, effective October 1.