Colorado

Criminal Procedure

Rule 1 – Scope
Rule 2 – Purpose and Construction
Rule 3 – The Felony Complaint
Rule 4 – Warrant or Summons Upon Felony Complaint
Rule 4.1 – County Court Procedure-Misdemeanor and Petty Offense-Warrant or Summons Upon Complaint
Rule 4.2 – Arrest Warrant Without Information, Felony Complaint, or Complaint
Rule 5 – Preliminary Proceedings
Rule 6 – Grand Jury Rules
Rule 6.1 – Subpoenas-Issuance and Time Limits
Rule 6.2 – Secrecy of Proceedings-Witness Privacy-Representation by Counsel
Rule 6.3 – Oath of Witnesses
Rule 6.4 – Reporting of Proceedings
Rule 6.5 – Investigator
Rule 6.6 – Indictment-Presentation-Sealing
Rule 6.7 – Reports
Rule 6.8 – Indictment-Amendment
Rule 6.9 – Testimony
Rule 7 – The Indictment and the Information
Rule 8 – Joinder of Offenses and of Defendants
Rule 9 – Warrant or Summons Upon Indictment or Information
Rule 10 – Arraignment
Rule 11 – Pleas
Rule 12 – Pleadings, Motions Before Trial, Defenses, and Objections
Rule 12.1 – Notice of Alibi
Rule 13 – Trial Together of Indictments, Informations, Complaints, Summons and Complaints
Rule 14 – Relief from Prejudicial Joinder
Rule 15 – Depositions
Rule 16 – Discovery and Procedure Before Trial
Rule 17 – Subpoena
Rule 18 – Venue
Rule 19 – No Colorado Rule
Rule 20 – No Colorado Rule
Rule 21 – Change of Venue or Judge
Rule 22 – Time of Motion to Transfer
Rule 23 – Trial by Jury or to the Court
Rule 24 – Trial Jurors
Rule 25 – Disability of Judge
Rule 26 – Evidence
Rule 26.1 – Determination of Foreign Law
Rule 26.2 – Written Records
Rule 27 – Proof of Official Record
Rule 28 – No Colorado Rule

Rule 29 – Motion for Acquittal
Rule 30 – Instructions
Rule 31 – Verdict
Rule 32 – Sentence and Judgment
Rule 32.1 – Death Penalty Sentencing Hearing
Rule 32.2 – Death Penalty Post-Trial Procedures
Rule 33 – New Trial
Rule 34 – Arrest of Judgment
Rule 35 – Postconviction Remedies
Rule 36 – Clerical Mistakes
Rule 37 – Appeals from County Court
Rule 37.1 – Interlocutory Appeal from County Court
Rule 38 – Appeals from the District Court
Rule 39 – Stays
Rule 41 – Search, Seizure, and Confession
Rule 41.1 – Court Order for Nontestimonial Identification
Rule 41.2 – Interlocutory Appeal from the County Court
Rule 41.3 – Interlocutory Appeal from District Court
Rule 42 – No Colorado Rule
Rule 43 – Presence of the Defendant
Rule 44 – Appearance of Counsel
Rule 45 – Time
Rule 46 – Bail
Rule 46.1 – Bail-County Courts
Rule 47 – Motions
Rule 48 – Dismissal
Rule 49 – Service and Filing of Papers
Rule 49.5 – Electronic Filing and Service System
Rule 50 – Calendars
Rule 51 – Exceptions Unnecessary
Rule 52 – Harmless Error and Plain Error
Rule 53 – Regulation of Conduct in the Courtroom
Rule 54 – Application and Exception
Rule 55 – Records
Rule 55.1 – Public Access to Court Records in Criminal Cases
Rule 56 – Courts and Clerks
Rule 57 – Rules of Court
Rule 58 – Forms
Rule 59 – Effective Date
Rule 60 – Citation

Rule 26.1 – Determination of Foreign Law

A party who intends to raise an issue concerning the law of a foreign country shall give reasonable written notice. The court, in determining foreign law, may consider any relevant material or source, including testimony, whether or not submitted by a party. The court’s determination shall be treated as a ruling on a question of law.

Colo. R. Crim. P. 26.1

Annotation Am. Jur.2d. See 29 Am. Jur.2d, Evidence, §§ 109, 110.

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