Colorado legal term
Judge in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Judge” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Colorado criminal code.
What does “Judge” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Judge" includes any county court magistrate who hears a civil infraction matter; and (b) "Magistrate" includes any county court judge who is acting as a county court magistrate in a civil infraction matter. (C.R.S. § 16-2.3-101)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Failure to register as a sex offender
- Assault in the first degree
- Bribery in sports
- Duty to report use of force by peace officers or law enforcement animals
- Imposition of sentence in class 1 felonies
- Imposition of sentence in class 1 felonies for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1995, and prior to July 12, 2002
- Imposition of sentences in class 1 felonies for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1988, and prior to September 20, 1991
- Personal information on the internet
- Retaliation against a judge or an elected official
- Summons and complaint or penalty assessment notice for misdemeanors, petty offenses, and misdemeanor traffic offenses
- Providing false evidence of proof of motor vehicle insurance
- Traffic offenses and infractions classified
Related terms in the same statutes
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