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Colorado · Through Colorado Revised Statutes 2026

C.R.S. § 28-3.1-405: Commitment under sentence of confinement.

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  1. Title 28 - MILITARY AND VETERANS
  2. Article 3.1 - Colorado Code of Military Justice
  3. Part 4 - SENTENCES

When a sentence of confinement is imposed to be served other than in a guardhouse, the convening authority shall issue a writ in the following or similar form:

STATE OF ________________________ )

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COUNTY OF______________________ )

To the Sheriff of __________ County, ___________, State of Colorado.

WHEREAS, __________ of __________ in the ___________ County of ___________, a member of the Colorado National Guard, was on the __________ day of __________, 20_____, tried by court-martial and found guilty of _______________ in violation of the Colorado Military Code and was sentenced to serve __________ days imprisonment; and

WHEREAS, as such sentence was approved and ordered executed by the convening authority, on the __________ day of __________, 20_____;

THEREFORE, you were commanded to take the body of the said _______________ and commit him or her to the keeper of the jail, who is hereby commanded to receive the body of the said _______________ and keep him or her safely for the term of ____________ days, after which he or she shall be released.

Fail not, but do as herein commanded and make a return within sixty (60) days from this date.

Dated at ___________, in the ____________ County of ___________ this ____________ day of ___________, 20_____.

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