C.R.S.
Section 16-5-202
Requisites of information
- form
(1)
The information is sufficient if it can be understood therefrom:(a)
That it is presented by the person authorized by law to prosecute the offense;(b)
That the defendant is identified therein, either by name or by the defendant’s patterned chemical structure of genetic information, or described as a person whose name is unknown to the informant;(c)
That the offense was committed within the jurisdiction of the court or is triable therein;(d)
That the offense charged is set forth with such degree of certainty that the court may pronounce judgment upon a conviction.(2)
The information may be in the following form:(3)
An information may be filed using the language of the statute defining the offense, including either conjunctive or disjunctive clauses. Pleading in either the conjunctive or the disjunctive shall place a defendant on notice that the prosecution may rely on any or all of the alternatives alleged.(4)
A court shall not refuse to accept a complaint or information that contains the requirements of this section.
Source:
Section 16-5-202 — Requisites of information - form, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-16.pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).
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