(1) Within seven days after the district court rules on a motion raising the issue of whether a convicted person is mentally incompetent to be executed filed pursuant to this part 14, a party may file with the Colorado supreme court a petition to obtain a review of the district court's decision and requesting a stay of execution pending the review.
(2) The supreme court shall expedite its review of the district court's decision and, if the designated week of execution in an existing warrant of conviction has not passed, shall not take more than seven days to render its decision.
Source: L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1463, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (SB 12-175), ch. 208, p. 871, § 125, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 16-8-307 as it existed prior to 2002.