Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 19-2.5-705 — Restoration to competency hearing.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 7: COMPETENCY TO PROCEED, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 19-2.5-705
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 court may order a restoration to competency hearing, as defined in section 19-2.5-701.5, at any time on its own motion, on motion of the prosecuting attorney, or on motion of the juvenile. The court shall order a restoration of competency hearing if a competency evaluator with the qualifications described in section 19-2.5-703 (4)(b) files a report certifying that the juvenile is competent to proceed. (2) At the hearing, if the question is contested, the burden of submitting evidence and the burden of proof by a preponderance of the evidence is on the party asserting that the juvenile is competent. (3) At the restoration to competency hearing, the court shall determine whether the juvenile has achieved or is restored to competency.
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