Colorado legal term
Crime of violence in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Crime of violence” 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 “Crime of violence” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Crime of violence" means a crime in which the defendant used, or possessed and threatened the use of, a deadly weapon during the commission or attempted commission of any crime committed against an elderly person or a person with a disability or a crime of murder, first or second degree assault, kidnapping, sexual assault, robbery, first degree arson, first or second degree burglary, escape, criminal extortion, human trafficking for involuntary servitude of an adult or a minor, or human trafficking for sexual servitude of an adult or a minor, or during the immediate flight therefrom, or the d (C.R.S. § 16-1-104)
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