Colorado legal term
Photo array in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Photo array” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Colorado criminal code.
What does “Photo array” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Photo array" means an identification procedure in which an array of photographs, including a photograph of the suspected perpetrator of an offense and additional photographs of other persons who are not suspected of the offense, is displayed to an eyewitness either in hard copy form or via electronic means for the purpose of determining whether the eyewitness identifies the suspect as the perpetrator. (C.R.S. § 16-1-109)
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