C.R.S. Section 13-25-139
Criminal action

  • interference with witness
  • forfeiture by wrongdoing

When a party to a criminal case wrongfully procures the unavailability of a witness, a statement otherwise not admissible pursuant to the Colorado rules of evidence that is offered against the party that was involved in or responsible for the wrongdoing that was intended to, and did, deprive the criminal justice system of evidence is admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule; except that such a statement is not admissible unless the proponent has given to the adverse party advance written notice of an intention to introduce the statement sufficient to provide the adverse party a fair opportunity to contest the admissibility of the statement. In determining the admissibility of the evidence, the court shall determine, prior to the trial, whether the forfeiture by wrongdoing occurred by a preponderance of the evidence.

Source: Section 13-25-139 — Criminal action - interference with witness - forfeiture by wrongdoing, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-13.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

13‑25‑101
Printed statutes - reports of decisions
13‑25‑102
United States census bureau mortality table as evidence
13‑25‑104
Proof of handwriting
13‑25‑105
Certificate of register - patent
13‑25‑106
Judicial notice of laws of other jurisdictions
13‑25‑107
Proceedings of cities and towns
13‑25‑108
Evidence of assessment
13‑25‑109
Recording of patents to land
13‑25‑110
Patent - copy of record
13‑25‑111
Patents already recorded
13‑25‑112
Fees of recorder
13‑25‑113
Lost deed - bond - note - affidavit
13‑25‑114
Certificate of publisher
13‑25‑115
Certificate of head officer
13‑25‑116
Water officials’ records
13‑25‑117
Parties plaintiff
13‑25‑118
Joint defendants
13‑25‑119
Dying declarations
13‑25‑120
Corporate resolutions and minutes
13‑25‑121
Reports of death
13‑25‑122
Person missing, interned, or captured
13‑25‑123
Report deemed pursuant to law
13‑25‑124
Libel and slander - how pleaded
13‑25‑125
Justification - pleaded and proved
13‑25‑125.5
Libel and slander - self-publication
13‑25‑126
Genetic tests to determine parentage
13‑25‑126.5
Documents arising from environmental self-evaluation - admissibility in evidence
13‑25‑127
Civil actions - degree of proof required
13‑25‑128
Rules of evidence - grant of authority subject to reservation
13‑25‑129
Statements of a child - hearsay exception
13‑25‑129.5
Statements of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities - hearsay exception
13‑25‑130
Criminal actions - use of photographs, video tapes, or films of property
13‑25‑131
Civil actions - sexual assault - certain evidence presumed irrelevant
13‑25‑132
Criminal actions - video tape depositions - use at trial
13‑25‑133
Telecommunications devices for the deaf and teletype - inadmissibility in evidence - exception
13‑25‑134
Electronic records and signatures - admissibility in evidence - originals
13‑25‑135
Evidence of admissions - civil proceedings - unanticipated outcomes - medical care
13‑25‑136
Criminal actions - prenatal drug and alcohol screening - admissibility of evidence
13‑25‑137
Admissibility of commercial packaging
13‑25‑138
Victim’s and witness’s prior sexual conduct history - evidentiary hearing - victim’s identity - protective order
13‑25‑139
Criminal action - interference with witness - forfeiture by wrongdoing
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§ 13-25-139’s source at colorado​.gov