When a person has been convicted of a felony and a sentence of imprisonment imposed, the court imposing the sentence shall fix a definite term of imprisonment, which shall be not longer than the terms authorized in section 18-1.3-401; except that, for persons convicted on or after November 1, 1998, of a sex offense, as defined in section 18-1.3-1003 (5), the court shall impose an indeterminate sentence as provided in part 10 of this article.
Source: L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1413, § 2, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 16-11-304 as it existed prior to 2002.