Article II. Bill of Rights
Article II, Section 9. Treason - estates of suicides
Constitution of the State of Colorado
Official text
Treason against the state can consist only in levying war against it or in adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort; no person can be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on his confession in open court; no person can be attainted of treason or felony by the general assembly; no conviction can work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate; the estates of such persons as may destroy their own lives shall descend or vest as in cases of natural death.
Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 30.
Source: Colorado Revised Statutes 2024, Constitution (Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services)
In plain English
Treason against Colorado means only levying war against it or aiding its enemies, and requires two witnesses to the same overt act or a confession in open court. The legislature may not attaint anyone of treason or felony, and no conviction may work "corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate": the state may not confiscate a convict's property or bar his heirs from inheriting through him. The estates of those who take their own lives pass as in cases of natural death.
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