Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 19-2.5-1002 — Definitions.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 10: TEEN COURTS, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 19-2.5-1002
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.
As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Minor offense" means any offense denominated a misdemeanor in title 18 or violation of a municipal ordinance where the maximum penalty authorized does not exceed imprisonment for more than six months. (2) "Supervising court" means the juvenile court for the city and county of Denver, the district courts of the state other than that of Denver, and any municipal court that establishes a teen court program pursuant to this part 10. (3) "Teen" means any person thirteen years of age or older and under nineteen years of age who is enrolled in school. (4) "Teen court judge" means a volunteer, licensed to practice law in the state of Colorado, approved by and serving at the pleasure of the chief judge of the supervising court. (5) "Teen defendant" means a teen ordered to participate in a teen court program pursuant to this part 10. (6) "Teen defense attorney" means a teen who is chosen by a teen court judge to speak on behalf of a teen defendant. (7) "Teen jury" means not less than three teens who have been chosen by a teen court judge to decide what sentence should be imposed against a teen defendant. (8) "Teen prosecutor" means a teen who has been chosen by a teen court judge to advocate on behalf of a school or community for any sentence to be imposed.
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