{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-16-7-208","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 16-7-208","heading":"Failure or refusal to plead.","body":"If a defendant refuses to plead, or if the court refuses to accept a plea of guilty or a plea of nolo contendere (no contest), or if a corporation fails to appear, the court shall enter a plea of not guilty. If for any reason a plea has not been entered, the case shall for all purposes be considered as one in which a plea of not guilty has been entered.","path":["Title 16 - CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS","Article 7 - Separate Trial - Arraignment - Plea Agreements - Deferred Prosecution and Deferred Sentencing","Part 2 - ARRAIGNMENT"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-16.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"0b6ecf620c0453dc47c4d3c4fe4471778cf2442e4e6a3d480fa92a93f673ce95","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-16-7-207.5","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-16-7-301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}