As used in this article 2, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Commission" means the alternate defense counsel commission appointed pursuant to section 21-2-101.
(2) "Conflict of interest" may include, but need not be limited to, circumstances in which the state public defender represents a codefendant or a person who is a witness in the case or other circumstances identified in the Colorado rules of professional conduct or other rules of civil procedure as creating a conflict of interest. Case overload, lack of resources, and other similar circumstances shall not constitute a "conflict of interest".
Source: L. 2025: Entire section added with relocations, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2047, § 80, effective August 6.