Evidence Preservation in Colorado

State statute requires that evidence in felony and sex offense cases carrying the possibility of an indeterminate sentence be preserved for the life of the defendant. Effective: 2009; Amended most recently 2011.

Colorado’s statute meets the best practices standards outlined by the NIST Technical Working Group on Biological Evidence Preservation.

Read the statute.

 

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