Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 16-7-101 — Separate trial of joint defendants.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 1: SEPARATE TRIAL - ALIBI NOTICE, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 16-7-101
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.
When two or more defendants are jointly indicted or informed against for any offense and there is material evidence, not relating to reputation, which is admissible against one or some of them but which is not admissible against all of them if they are tried separately and which is prejudicial to those against whom it is not admissible, those against whom such evidence is admissible shall be tried separately upon motion of any of those against whom the evidence is not admissible. In all other cases, defendants jointly prosecuted shall be tried separately or jointly in the discretion of the court.
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