2022 Colorado Code
Title 18 - Criminal Code
Article 1 - Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally
Part 8 - Responsibility
§ 18-1-805. Responsibility - Affirmative Defense

Universal Citation:
CO Code § 18-1-805 (2022)
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The issue of responsibility under sections 18-1-801 to 18-1-804 is an affirmative defense.

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.

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