Colorado constitution
Article II
Section 16

In criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to appear and defend in person and by counsel; to demand the nature and cause of the accusation; to meet the witnesses against him face to face; to have process to compel the attendance of witnesses in his behalf, and a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed.

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Structure Colorado constitution

Colorado constitution

Article II

Section I

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Section 9

Section 10

Section 11

Section 12

Section 13

Section 14

Section 15

Section 16

Section 16a

Section 17

Section 18

Section 19

Section 20

Section 21

Section 22

Section 23

Section 24

Section 25

Section 26

Section 27

Section 28

Section 29

Section 30

Section 30a

[declared to violate the united states constitution by the united states supreme court in 1996. Not in force.]

[in 2015, the u.S. Supreme court ruled that same-sex marriage is protected under the due process and equal protection clauses of the fourteenth amendment of the u.S. Constitution.]