Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 18-1.3-1407 — Appeal of determination of mental incompetency to be executed.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 14: COMPETENCY OF PERSONS TO BE EXECUTED, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 18-1.3-1407
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) Within seven days after the district court rules on a motion raising the issue of whether a convicted person is mentally incompetent to be executed filed pursuant to this part 14, a party may file with the Colorado supreme court a petition to obtain a review of the district court's decision and requesting a stay of execution pending the review. (2) The supreme court shall expedite its review of the district court's decision and, if the designated week of execution in an existing warrant of conviction has not passed, shall not take more than seven days to render its decision.
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