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C.R.S. § 18-1.3-1401 — Definitions.

Current through 2025 Regular Session

Part of Part 14: COMPETENCY OF PERSONS TO BE EXECUTED, Colorado Revised Statutes.

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C.R.S. § 18-1.3-1401Primary source, current through the 2025 Regular Session

As used in this part 14, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Colorado mental health institute" means the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo. (2) "Mentally incompetent to be executed" means that, due to a mental disease or defect, a person who has been sentenced to death is presently unaware that he or she is to be punished for the crime of murder or that the impending punishment for that crime is death.

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