Opinion ID: 2547426
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Text: In this case, the prosecution asks us to review the constitutionality of section 18-1.4-102(1)(e), 6 C.R.S. (2002). In a companion case also decided today, People v. Canister, No. 03SA170, 110 P.3d 380, 2005 WL 878525 (Colo.2005), we conclude that the statutory provision is special legislation in violation of article V, section 25 of the Colorado Constitution. Accordingly, the prosecution may not seek the death penalty against Abraham Hagos under that section, or under the capital sentencing scheme in place at the time of his conviction. We therefore uphold the order of the trial court, and remand the case for imposition of a life sentence without the possibility of parole.