2022 Colorado Code
Title 18 - Criminal Code
Article 8 - Offenses - Governmental Operations
Part 1 - Obstruction of Public Justice
§ 18-8-108. Compounding. (1) a Person Commits Compounding if He Accepts or Agrees to Accept Any Pecuniary Benefit as Consideration For:
- Refraining from seeking prosecution of an offender; or
- Refraining from reporting to law enforcement authorities the commission or suspected commission of any crime or information relating to a crime.
(2) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the benefit received by the defendant did not exceed an amount which the defendant reasonably believed to be due as restitution or indemnification for harm caused by the crime.
(3) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Compounding is a class 3 misdemeanor.
(3) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Compounding is a class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 456, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-8-108. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3195, § 276, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
Cross references: For affirmative defenses generally, see §§ 18-1-407, 18-1-710, and 18-1-805.
