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2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 18 - Criminal Code
Article 2. Inchoate Offenses
Section 18-2-401. Nonavailability of defenses.
Universal Citation: CO Rev Stat § 18-2-401 (2020)
(1) Renunciation and abandonment are not voluntary and complete so as to be a defense to prosecution under this article if they are motivated in whole or in part by:
A belief that a circumstance exists which increases the probability of detection orapprehension of the defendant or another or which makes more difficult the consummation of the crime; or
A decision to postpone the crime until another time or to substitute another victim oranother but similar objective.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 417, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-2-401.
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