2021 Colorado Code
Title 18 - Criminal Code
Article 1 - Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally
Part 8 - Responsibility
§ 18-1-805. Responsibility - Affirmative Defense
The issue of responsibility under sections 18-1-801 to 18-1-804 is an affirmative defense.
History. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 412, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-1-905 .
Cross references:
For other provisions concerning affirmative defenses generally, see §§ 18-1-407 and 18-1-710 ; for affirmative defenses to particular crimes, see specific criminal provisions in articles 2 to 18 of this title 18.
ANNOTATIONLaw reviews. For article, “Trauma, Crime and the Affirmative Defense”, see 11 Colo. Law. 2401 (1982). For article, “Checklists to Evaluate Vietnam Vet Stress Disorders”, see 12 Colo. Law. 273 (1983).
Applied in People v. Cornelison, 192 Colo. 337 , 559 P.2d 1102 (1977); People v. Gallegos, 628 P.2d 999 (Colo. 1981); Hendershott v. People, 653 P.2d 385 (Colo. 1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1225, 103 S. Ct. 1232, 75 L. Ed. 2d 466 (1983).
