Colorado § 19-2.5-706 - Procedure after restoration to competency hearing.
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§ 19-2.5-706. Procedure after restoration to competency hearing.
(1) If a juvenile is found to have achieved or been restored to competency after a restoration to competency hearing, pursuant to section 19-2.5-705, or by the court during a review, pursuant to section 19-2.5-704 (2), the court shall resume or recommence the trial or sentencing proceeding or order the sentence carried out. The court may credit any time the juvenile spent in confinement or detention while incompetent to proceed against any term of commitment imposed after achievement of or restoration to competency.
(2) If the court determines that the juvenile remains incompetent to proceed and the delinquency petition is not dismissed, the court may continue or modify any orders entered at the time of the original determination of incompetency or enter any new order necessary to facilitate the juvenile's achievement of or restoration to competency.
(3) Evidence obtained during a competency evaluation or during treatment related to the juvenile's competency or incompetency and the determination as to the juvenile's competency or incompetency are not admissible on the issues raised by a plea of not guilty.
Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 614, § 2, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 19-2-1305 as it existed prior to 2021.
ANNOTATION
Subsection (2) grants juvenile courts the authority to order a reassessment evaluation after determining that a juvenile remains incompetent during a review under § 19-2.5-704 (2) or following a restoration hearing under § 19-2.5-705 if the delinquency petition is not dismissed. A reassessment evaluation is distinct from a second competency evaluation, which is not authorized under § 19-2.5-703 (1). People in Interest of A.C., 2022 CO 49, 517 P.3d 1228.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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