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C.R.S. § 16-12-201 — Legislative declaration.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 2: UNITARY REVIEW IN DEATH PENALTY CASES, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 16-12-201
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
(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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