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C.R.S. § 16-19-120 — Persons under prosecution when demanded.

Current through 2025 Regular Session

Part of Article 19: Fugitives and Extradition, Colorado Revised Statutes.

Full text of C.R.S. § 16-19-120

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.

C.R.S. § 16-19-120Primary source, current through the 2025 Regular Session
If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against a person under the laws of this state and is still pending, the governor, in his discretion, subject to such criminal prosecution, either may surrender him on demand of the executive authority of another state or hold him until he has been tried and discharged or convicted and punished in this state.

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