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C.R.S. § 18-1.3-1101 — Definitions.

Current through 2025 Regular Session

Part of Part 11: SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS - PRETRIAL MOTIONS IN CLASS 1 FELONY CASES ALLEGING THAT A DEFENDANT IS A MENTALLY RETARDED DEFENDANT, Colorado Revised Statutes.

Full text of C.R.S. § 18-1.3-1101

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C.R.S. § 18-1.3-1101Primary source, current through the 2025 Regular Session

As used in this part 11: (1) "Defendant" means any person charged with a class 1 felony. (2) "Mentally retarded defendant or defendant with an intellectual and developmental disability" means any defendant with significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with substantial deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested and documented during the developmental period. The requirement for documentation may be excused by the court upon a finding that extraordinary circumstances exist.

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