People v. J.J.H.

In this case, we address the sentencing requirements applicable to a juvenile charged as a mandatory sentence offender. The ju venile argued, and the court of appeals agreed in People v. J.J.H., 992 P.2d 626 (Colo.App.1999), that the court should have required the prosecutor to prove any previous delinquency adjudications to the court beyond a reasonable doubt as a predicate to determining that J.J.H. should be sentenced as a mandatory sentence offender. We disagree. The Colorado Children's Code governs, and it requires additional procedures only in the case of an alleged aggravated juvenile…