(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.
C.R.S. § 18-1.3-1407
Appeal of determination of mental incompetency to be executed
Known as the Colorado Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 18-10-101 to 18-9-314 (590 sections).
Digitized from: Public.Law — Colorado Revised Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Colorado statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.