Colorado legal term
Offender in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Offender” 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 “Offender” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Offender" means any person who has been convicted of or who has received a deferred sentence for a felony, other than a class 1 or violent felony. (C.R.S. § 18-1.3-105)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Attempt to escape
- Escapes
- Fraud by check
- Crimes against at-risk persons
- Gambling premises
- Assault in the first degree
- Compounding
- Driving under restraint
- First degree kidnapping
- Interference with a funeral
- Mandatory and voluntary restricted licenses following alcohol convictions
- Mandatory surrender of license or permit for driving under the influence or with excessive alcoholic content
Related terms in the same statutes
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