Colorado Revised Statutes Title 16. Criminal Proceedings § 16-12-201. Legislative declaration

(a) Ensuring compliance with the requirements of the federal “Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996”, 28 U.S.C. sec. 2261 et seq.;

(b) Improving the accuracy, completeness, and justice of review proceedings by requiring that postconviction review commence immediately after the imposition of a sentence of death;

(c) Allowing for the full and fair examination of all legally cognizable postconviction and appellate issues by the trial court and the Colorado supreme court; and

(d) Eliminating, to the fullest extent possible, unreasonable and unjust delays in the resolution of postconviction issues by combining and reducing the number of proceedings in class 1 felony cases.