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Legal Opinion

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Colorado Attorney General Reports

Decided February 9, 2000Published

1Opinion of the Court

QUESTION PRESENTED AND CONCLUSION

Issue 1: Are Colorado's elected district attorneys term limited as "nonjudicial elected official[s]" for purposes of the constitutional term limits provisions of Amendment 17?

Answer 1: Yes. District attorneys are considered nonjudicial elected officials of a subdivision of the State of Colorado. The history of Amendment 17 indicates that it was the intent of the proponents that all officials who are elected by the people would be subject to the term limits provisions of Amendment 17. District attorneys are elected in partisan elections like other elected…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Russello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. People v. ZapotockySupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
  4. People v. MacRanderSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
  5. Resolution Trust Corp. v. HeisermanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1995

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