Title 13, Courts and Court Procedure
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-101 Petition for writ - criminal cases
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(1) If any person is committed or detained for any criminal or supposed criminal matter, it is lawful for him to apply to the supreme or district courts for a writ of habeas corpus, which application shall be in writing and signed by the prisoner or some person on his behalf sett…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-102 Petition for relief - civil cases
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When any person not being committed or detained for any criminal or supposed criminal matter is confined or restrained of his liberty under any color or pretense whatever, he may proceed by appropriate action as prescribed by the Colorado rules of civil procedure in the nature of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-103 Hearing - pleadings - discharge
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(1) Upon the return of the writ of habeas corpus, a day shall be set for the hearing of the cause of imprisonment or detainer not exceeding five days thereafter, unless the prisoner requests a longer time. The prisoner may deny any of the material facts set forth in the return or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-104 Witnesses - duty of sheriff
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When a habeas corpus is issued to bring the body of any prisoner committed as aforesaid, unless the court issuing the same deems it wholly unnecessary and useless, the court shall issue a subpoena to the sheriff of the county where said person is confined, commanding him to summo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-105 Court to examine witnesses
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On the hearing of any habeas corpus, it is the duty of the court who hears the same to examine the witnesses aforesaid, and such other witnesses as the prisoner may request, touching any offense named in the warrant of commitment whether or not said offense is technically set out…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-106 Bail - recognizance - binding witness
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(1) When any person is admitted to bail on habeas corpus, he shall enter into recognizance with one or more securities in such sum as the court directs, having regard to the circumstances of the prisoner and the nature of the offense, conditioned upon his appearance at the distri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-107 Remand - second writ - offenses not bailable
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When any prisoner brought up on a habeas corpus is remanded to prison, it is the duty of the court remanding him to make out and deliver to the sheriff, or other person to whose custody he is remanded, an order in writing stating the cause of remanding him. If such prisoner obtai…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-108 Second writ - bailable offense
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It is unlawful for any court, on a second writ of habeas corpus obtained by the prisoner to discharge the prisoner if he is clearly and specifically charged in the warrant of commitment with a criminal offense; but the court on the return of such second writ has power only to adm…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-109 Once discharged - reimprisonment
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(1) No person who has been discharged by order of a court on a habeas corpus shall be again imprisoned, restrained, or kept in custody for the same cause, unless he is afterwards indicted for the same offense or unless by the legal order or process of the court wherein he is boun…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-110 Prisoner not to be removed - when
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To prevent any person from avoiding or delaying his trial, it is unlawful to remove any prisoner on habeas corpus under this article out of the county in which he is confined within fifteen days next preceding the date certain set for trial except if it is to convey him into the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-111 Removal of prisoners - causes
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Any person committed to any prison or in the custody of any officer, sheriff, jailer, keeper, or other person, or his underofficer or deputy, for any criminal or supposed criminal matter shall not be removed from the prison or custody into any other prison or custody, unless it i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-112 Judge refusing or delaying writ - penalty
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Any judge of a court empowered by this article to issue writs of habeas corpus who corruptly refuses to issue such writ when legally applied for in a case where such writ may lawfully issue or who, for the purpose of oppression, unreasonably delays the issuing of such writ shall …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-113 Failure to obey writ - penalty
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If any officer, sheriff, jailer, keeper, or other person to whom any such writ is directed neglects or refuses to make the returns or to bring the body of the prisoner according to the command of said writ within the time required by this article, such officer, sheriff, jailer, k…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-114 Avoiding writ - penalty
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Anyone having a person in his or her custody or under his or her restraint, power, or control for whose relief a writ of habeas corpus is issued who, with the intent to avoid the effect of such writ, transfers such person to the custody, or places him or her under the control, of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-115 Failure to deliver process - penalty. (Repealed)
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Source: R.S. p. 357, � 14. G.L. � 1336. G.S. � 1622. R.S. 08: � 2932. C.L. � 6500. CSA: C. 77, � 15. CRS 53: � 65-1-15. C.R.S. 1963: � 65-1-15. L. 91: Entire section repealed, p. 428, � 1, effective May 24.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-116 Detention after release - penalty
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Any person, knowing that another has been discharged by order of a competent tribunal on a habeas corpus, who, contrary to the provisions of this article, arrests or detains him again, for the same cause which was shown on the return of such writ, shall forfeit five hundred dolla…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-117 Forfeitures go to use of prisoner
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All pecuniary forfeitures under this article shall inure to the use of the party for whose benefit the writ of habeas corpus issued and shall be sued for and recovered, with costs, in the name of the state by every person aggrieved. Source: R.S. p. 357, � 16. G.L. � 1338. G.S. � …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-118 Recovery of forfeiture not bar to civil suit
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The recovery of the said penalties shall not be a bar to a civil suit for damages. Source: R.S. p. 358, � 18. G.L. � 1340. G.S. � 1626. R.S. 08: � 2936. C.L. � 6504. CSA: C. 77, � 19. CRS 53: � 65-1-18. C.R.S. 1963: � 65-1-18. 13-45-119. Writ to testify or be surrendered - run to…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-119 Writ to testify or be surrendered - run to any county - copy - fees
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The supreme and district courts within this state have power to issue writs of habeas corpus to bring the body of any person confined in any jail before them to testify or to be surrendered in discharge of bail. When a writ of habeas corpus is issued to bring into court any perso…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-120 When county court can issue writ. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 1879: p. 84, � 1. G.S. � 1628. R.S. 08: � 2938. CSA: C. 77, � 21. CRS 53: � 65-1-20. C.R.S. 1963: � 65-1-20. L. 75: Entire section repealed, p. 209, � 23, effective July 16.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-45-121 Powers of county court. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 1879: p. 84, � 2. G.S. � 1629. R.S. 08: � 2939. C.L. � 6507. CSA: C. 77, � 22. CRS 53: � 65-1-21. C.R.S. 1963: � 65-1-21. L. 75: Entire section repealed, p. 209, � 23, effective July 16. JOINT RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS