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2021 Colorado Code
Title 18 - Criminal Code
Article 12 - Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons
Part 1 - Firearms and Weapons - General
§ 18-12-106.5. Use of Stun Guns
Universal Citation: CO Code § 18-12-106.5 (2021)
A person commits a class 5 felony if he knowingly and unlawfully uses a stun gun in the commission of a criminal offense.
History. Source: L. 87: Entire section added, p. 675, § 4, effective May 16.
ANNOTATION
Section unambiguously creates a separate crime whenever a stun gun facilitates commission of the predicate offense, regardless of whether it is discharged. People v. Wheeler, 170 P.3d 817 (Colo. App. 2007).
Attempted robbery is not a lesser included offense of use of a stun gun. People v. Bass, 155 P.3d 547 (Colo. App. 2006).
Misdemeanor menacing is not a lesser included offense of use of a stun gun. People v. Wheeler, 170 P.3d 817 (Colo. App. 2007).
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