Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 16-8.5-107 — Counsel and evaluators for indigent defendants.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Article 8.5: Competency to Proceed, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 16-8.5-107
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.
In all proceedings brought pursuant to this article 8.5, the court shall appoint a competency evaluator or an attorney for the defendant at the state's expense upon motion of the defendant with proof that the defendant is indigent and without money to employ a competency evaluator or attorney to which the defendant is entitled pursuant to this article 8.5. The court shall pay for a second evaluation if a second evaluation is requested by an indigent defendant.
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