(1)
- (a) The court shall set a hearing date at least fourteen days and no more than twenty-eight days after service upon the defendant and his or her counsel of the reports required by sections 18-1.3-908 and 18-1.3-909.
- (b) The court may, in its discretion, upon the motion of the defendant, continue the hearing an additional twenty-one days.
(2)
- (a) The court shall, upon motion of the district attorney or the defendant, subpoena all witnesses required by the moving party in accordance with the Colorado rules of criminal procedure.
- (b) The district attorney shall serve upon the defendant and his or her counsel a list of all witnesses to be called by the district attorney at least fourteen days before the evidentiary hearing.
- (3) In the evidentiary hearing, the court shall receive evidence bearing on the issue of whether the defendant, if at large, constitutes a threat of bodily harm to members of the public.
(4) In the evidentiary hearing, the following procedure shall govern:
- (a) The district attorney may call and examine witnesses, and the defendant shall be allowed to cross-examine those witnesses.
- (b) The defendant may call and examine witnesses, and the district attorney shall be allowed to cross-examine those witnesses.
- (c) The defendant may call and cross-examine as adverse witnesses the psychiatrists and probation officers who have filed reports pursuant to sections 18-1.3-908 and 18-1.3-909.
- (5) The reports of the psychiatrists and probation officers filed with the court pursuant to sections 18-1.3-908 and 18-1.3-909 may be received into evidence.
- (6) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the laws of this state concerning evidence in criminal trials shall govern in the evidentiary hearing.
Source: L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1433, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2012: (1) and (2)(b) amended, (SB 12-175), ch. 208, p. 867, § 117, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 16-13-210 as it existed prior to 2002.
Cross references: For subpoenas to compel attendance of witnesses, see Crim. P. 17.