2024 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102)
Article 1.3 - Sentencing in Criminal Cases (§§ 18-1.3-101 — 18-1.3-1407)
Part 11 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS - PRETRIAL MOTIONS IN CLASS 1 FELONY CASES ALLEGING THAT A DEFENDANT IS A MENTALLY RETARDED DEFENDANT (§§ 18-1.3-1101 — 18-1.3-1105)
Section 18-1.3-1103 - Mentally retarded defendant or defendant with an intellectual and developmental disability - death penalty not imposed

A sentence of death shall not be imposed upon any defendant who is determined to be a mentally retarded defendant or a defendant with an intellectual and developmental disability pursuant to section 18-1.3-1102. If any person who is determined to be a mentally retarded defendant or a defendant with an intellectual and developmental disability is found guilty of a class 1 felony, such defendant shall be sentenced to life imprisonment.

Amended by 2018 Ch. 44,§ 4, eff. 8/8/2018.

L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1444, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (SB 18-096), ch. 44, p. 470, § 4, effective August 8.

This section is similar to former § 16-9-403 as it existed prior to 2002.

For the legislative declaration in SB 18-096, see section 1 of chapter 44, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.