M.T. v. People

134 I respectfully dissent. In my view, the majority essentially adds "deferred judgment" to section 24-72-8308(8)(c)-language that not only does not appear in that provision, but in fact, was affirmatively removed by the legislature by amendment in 1996. Ch. 280, see. 18, § 24-72-8308, 1996 Colo. Sess. Laws 1578, 1587.

4 35 In its opinion, the majority effectively imports into the Title 24 sealing statute a nonexistent cross-reference to the definition of "conviction" in section 16-22-102(8). The majority implies that, in 2002, when the General Assembly amended the cross-reference in the…