Colorado legal term
Coercing in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Coercing” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Colorado criminal code.
What does “Coercing” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Coercing" means inducing a person to act or to refrain from acting, if the inducement is accomplished by any one or more of the following means: (a) The use or threat of the use of force against, abduction of, causing of serious harm to, or physical restraint of a person; (b) The use of a plan, pattern, or statement for the purpose of causing the person to believe that failure to perform the act or failure to refrain from performing the act will result in the use of force against, abduction of, causing of serious harm to, or physical restraint of that person or another person; (c) Using or th (C.R.S. § 18-3-502)
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