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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 16-11-302 (2026)

Duration of sentences for felonies

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(Repealed)

Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 248, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 39-11-302. L. 76: Entire section amended, p. 546, § 3, effective July 1. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 864, § 8, effective July 1, 1979. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 664, § 3, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 680, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1137, § 1, effective July 1; entire section repealed, p. 1463, § 3, effective October 1.

Editor's note: In 2002, this section was relocated to section 18-1.3-404.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act repealing this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1975–2003 · leading case: Thiret v. Kautzky, 792 P.2d 801 (Colo. 1990).
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Thiret v. Kautzky, 792 P.2d 801 (Colo. 1990). “See § 16-11-302 (courts must sentence persons convicted of felonies to definite term); § 16-11-304 (same); § 16-11-310 (incarcerated person shall be unconditionally released upon expiration of sentence, less good time and earned time deductions); § 17-2-201(5)(a) (parole of…”
Renneke v. Kautzky, 782 P.2d 343 (Colo. 1989). “§ 16-11-302, 8A C.R.S. (1986). . Section 16-11-310 was amended in 1979, with an effective date of July 1, 1979.”
People v. Kennaugh, 80 P.3d 315 (Colo. 2003). · cites it 2× “"); § 16-11-302 ("No person sentenced to a correctional facility for the commission of a felony shall be subjected to imprisonment for a term exceeding the term provided by the statute fixing the length of the sentence for the crime of which he was convicted and for which he was…”
Smith v. Johns, 532 P.2d 49 (Colo. 1975). · cites it 3× “1 Now section 16-11-302, C.R.S. 1973. 2 Now section 16-11-303, C.”
People v. Green, 734 P.2d 616 (Colo. 1987). “1-15, §§ 16-11-302 to -310, § 18-1-105, 1977 Colo.”
People v. Johnson, 594 P.2d 601 (Colo. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “Based on § 16-11-302, C.R.S. 1973, the People have confessed error as to the court's imposition of a seven year minimum on the sentences to the reformatory.”
State v. Mason, 724 P.2d 1289 (Colo. 1986). “Laws 190 , 248-49 (later § 16-11-302, 8 C.R.S. (1973)). 2 . The case was transferred from the Denver District Court to Chaffee County District Court on a motion for change of venue.”
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