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C.R.S. § 19-2.5-701 — Legislative declaration.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 7: COMPETENCY TO PROCEED, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 19-2.5-701
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) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) The juvenile justice system is civil in nature and focused on rehabilitation rather than punishment; (b) Juveniles differ in significant and substantive ways from adults; therefore, different standards for competency are necessary for juveniles and adults; and (c) Notwithstanding the differences between adults and juveniles, age alone is not determinative of incompetence without a finding that the juvenile actually lacks the relevant capacities for competence.
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