(1) Upon the entry of a plea of not guilty to the allegations contained in the petition, the court shall set the matter for an adjudicatory trial. Except as otherwise provided in section 19-2-107, the court shall hold the adjudicatory trial within sixty days following the entry of a plea of not guilty.
(2) Upon the entry of a plea of guilty to one or more of the allegations contained in the petition, the court shall advise the juvenile in accordance with rule 3 of the Colorado rules of juvenile procedure. Such advisement shall include the possibility of restorative justice practices, including victim-offender conferences if restorative justice practices are available in the jurisdiction. The advisement regarding restorative justice practices does not establish any right to restorative justice practices on behalf of the juvenile.
Source: L. 96: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1654, § 1, effective January 1, 1997. L. 2008: (2) amended, p. 227, § 4, effective March 31. L. 2011: (2) amended, (HB 111032), ch. 296, p. 1405, § 13, effective August 10. L. 2013: (2) amended, (HB 13-1254), ch. 341, p. 1988, § 8, effective August 7.
Editor's note: This section was formerly numbered as 19-2-405 and the former section 19-2-708 was relocated to section 19-2-309.