There is hereby created the court of appeals, pursuant to section 1 of article VI of the state constitution. The court of appeals shall be a court of record. Judges of the court of appeals may serve in any state court with full authority as provided by law, when called upon to do so by the chief justice of the supreme court.
Source: L. 69: p. 265, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-21-1. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 1247, § 1, effective April 5.
ANNOTATION
Court of appeals created to relieve appellate backlog. Colorado has now provided for an intermediate court of appeals, which will relieve the appellate backlogs caused by the press of court business in recent years. Tanksley v. Warden State Penitentiary, 429 F.2d 1308 (10th Cir. 1970).