§ 16-11-214. Fund Created – Probation Services
There is created in the state treasury the offender services fund to which must be credited one hundred percent of any cost of care payments or probation supervision fees paid to the state pursuant to section 18-1.3-204 (2)(a)(V) or 19-2.5-1120 and from which the general assembly shall make annual appropriations for administrative and personnel costs […]
§ 16-11-301. Sentences – Commitments – Correctional Facilities – County Jail – Age Limit
As a general rule, imprisonment for the conviction of a felony by an adult offender shall be served by confinement in an appropriate facility as determined by the executive director of the department of corrections. In such cases, the court will sentence the offender to the custody of the executive director of the department of […]
§ 16-11-307. Credit for Confinement Pending Appeal
A defendant whose sentence was stayed pending appeal prior to July 1, 1972, but who was confined pending disposition of the appeal, is entitled to credit against the maximum and minimum terms of his sentence for the entire period of confinement served while the stay of execution was in effect. A defendant whose sentence is […]
§ 16-11-308. Custody of Department of Corrections – Procedure
When any person is sentenced to any correctional facility, that person shall be deemed to be in the custody of the executive director of the department of corrections or his designee. Any person sentenced pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall initially be confined in the diagnostic center, as defined in section 17-40-101 (1.5), […]
§ 16-11-308.5. Authority to Contract With a County or a City and County for Placement of Prisoners in Custody of Executive Director
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the department of corrections needs to reduce the backlog of state prisoners in local jails and that such reduction may occur by means of contracting with local jails for jail space in an amount equal to the number of inmates backlogged in local jails. The general assembly […]
§ 16-11-601. Right to Attend Sentencing
The victim of any crime or a relative of the victim, if the victim has died, has the right to attend all sentencing proceedings resulting from a conviction of said crime under any laws of this state. Said person has the right to appear, personally or with counsel, at the sentencing proceeding and to adequately […]
§ 16-11-901. Death Penalty Repeal – Applicability – Current Sentences
For offenses charged on or after July 1, 2020, the death penalty is not a sentencing option for a defendant convicted of a class 1 felony in the state of Colorado. Nothing in this section commutes or alters the sentence of a defendant convicted of an offense charged prior to July 1, 2020. This section […]
§ 16-11-102.4. Genetic Testing of Convicted Offenders
Beginning July 1, 2007, each of the following convicted offenders shall submit to and pay for collection and a chemical testing of the offender’s biological substance sample to determine the genetic markers thereof, unless the offender has already provided a biological substance sample for such testing pursuant to a statute of this state: Every offender […]
§ 16-11-205. Arrest of Probationer – Revocation
A probation officer may arrest any probationer when: He has a warrant commanding that the probationer be arrested; or He has probable cause to believe that a warrant for the probationer’s arrest has been issued in this state or another state for any criminal offense or for violation of the conditions of probation; or Any […]
§ 16-11-206. Revocation Hearing
At the first appearance of the probationer in court or at the commencement of the hearing, whichever is first in time, the court shall advise the probationer as provided in section 16-7-207 insofar as such matters are applicable; except that there is no right to a trial by jury in proceedings for revocation of probation. […]