Costos a cargo del demandante en casos penales

Explicación Simple

Si alguien presenta una queja en un caso penal y luego decide no continuar, puede tener que pagar los costos del juicio. Esto también aplica si se ausenta intencionalmente del juicio o si la queja se presentó sin razón válida.

Es como cuando organizas una fiesta y le pides a tus amigos que traigan comida. Si alguien dice que traerá un platillo y no aparece, no solo se pierde la comida, sino que tú también debes cubrir el costo adicional.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan denuncia a su vecino Pedro por ruidos molestos. Sin embargo, el día del juicio, Juan no se presenta y decide cancelar todo. Como resultado, el juez le ordena a Juan que pague los costos del juicio porque no continuó con su queja.

Penalidades

Podrías tener que pagar todos los costos del juicio si abandonas tu queja o no te presentas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

C.R.S. 16-18-102 – Costs taxed against complainant If any informer or complainant under a penal statute of this state, to whom the penalty or any part thereof, if recovered, is given, dismisses his suit or prosecution, or fails in the same, or willfully absents himself from trial or examination, he shall be adjudged to pay all costs accruing on such suit or prosecution, unless he is an officer whose duty it is to make and file the information or complaint; but in all cases of examination into any criminal charge before a county judge, where the party accused is discharged, and it appears to the judge before whom such examination was made that there was no reasonable ground for the complaint, or that it was maliciously entered, and in all cases where the complaining witness willfully absents himself from or fails to appear at such examination or trial, the county judge shall give judgment against the complainant for all costs of the examination or trial and shall issue execution thereon. Appeal may be had in all such cases, as provided by law for the taking of appeals from judgments rendered in county courts. Source: Section 16-18-102 — Costs taxed against complainant , https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-16.­pdf (accessed May 26, 2025).