Supreme Court of Colorado
Zachary Eugene Babcock v. the People of the State of Colorado
May 27, 20252025 CO 26
Summary
The court affirmed the restitution order, holding that the statutory ninety-one-day deadline for determining restitution is not jurisdictional and may be waived. It distinguished the prior decision requiring vacatur of an untimely restitution order because, here, defense counsel requested a restitution hearing after the deadline and thereby voluntarily manifested an intent to relinquish the statutory timing right. The court also held that the defendant's challenge to the amount or timing of restitution was not preserved because his liability for restitution was not contested.