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 the governor. District attorneys appointed under the provisions of this section shall hold office until the next general election and until their successors elected thereat shall be duly qualified. Such successors shall be elected for the remainder of the unexpired term in which the vacancy was created.

Source: L. 61: Entire article R&RE, effective January 12, 1965, see L. 63, p. 1054. Initiated 66: Entire section amended, effective January 17, 1967, see L. 67, p. 7 of the supplement to the 1967 Session Laws. L. 2002: (2) repealed, p. 3095, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 2003, p. 3611, December 20, 2002.

Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to § 29 as it existed prior to 1961.

(2) For amendments to that section prior to 1961, see G.L. § 157.

Section 21.Rule-making power. The supreme court shall make and promulgate rules governing the administration of all courts and shall make and promulgate rules governing practice and procedure in civil and criminal cases, except that the general assembly shall have the power to provide simplified procedures in county courts for the trial of misdemeanors.

Source: L. 61: Entire article R&RE, effective January 12, 1965, see L. 63, p. 1054. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 3095, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 2003, p. 3611, December 20, 2002.

Cross references: For general superintending control by supreme court over all inferior courts, see § 2 of this article.

Section 22.Process - prosecution - in name of people. In all prosecutions for violations of the laws of Colorado, process shall run in the name of "The People of the State of Colorado"; all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of "The People of the State of Colorado", and conclude, "against the peace and dignity of the same".

Source: L. 61: Entire article R&RE, see L. 63, p. 1055.

Editor's note: This section is similar to § 30 as it existed prior to 1961.

Section 23.Retirement and removal of justices and judges. (1) On attaining the age of seventy-two a justice or judge of a court of record shall retire and his judicial office shall be vacant, except as otherwise provided in section 20 (2).

(2) Whenever a justice or judge of any court of this state has been convicted in any court of this state or of the United States or of any state, of a felony or other offense involving moral turpitude, the supreme court shall, of its own motion or upon petition filed by any person, and upon finding that such a conviction was had, enter its order suspending said justice or judge from office until such time as said judgment of conviction becomes final, and the payment of salary of said justice or judge shall also be suspended from the date of such order. If said judgment of conviction becomes final, the supreme court shall enter its order removing said justice or judge from office and declaring his office vacant and his right to salary shall cease from the date of the Colorado Revised Statutes 2020