Colorado Revised Statutes Title 19. Children's Code § 19-2.5-905. Evidentiary considerations

(a) The juvenile has a right to testify in the juvenile's own behalf;

(b) If the juvenile wants to testify, no one, including the juvenile's attorney, can prevent the juvenile from doing so;

(c) If the juvenile testifies, the prosecutor will be allowed to cross-examine the juvenile;

(d) If the juvenile has been convicted or adjudicated for a felony, the prosecutor is entitled to ask the juvenile about it and thereby disclose it to the jury;

(e) If a felony conviction or adjudication is disclosed to the jury, the jury can be instructed to consider it only as it bears upon the juvenile's credibility;

(f) The juvenile has a right not to testify and that, if the juvenile does not testify, the jury must be instructed about such right.