Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 18-1-713 — Victims of human trafficking of a minor for involuntary servitude or sexual servitude - affirmative defenses.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 7: JUSTIFICATION AND EXEMPTIONS FROM CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 18-1-713
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
(1) Except as provided in section 18-7-209, it is an affirmative defense to any charge, other than a class 1 felony, if the minor being charged proves, by a preponderance of the evidence, that he or she was, at the time of the offense: (a) A victim of human trafficking of a minor for involuntary servitude pursuant to section 18-3-503 or human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude pursuant to section 18-3-504; and (b) Forced or coerced into engaging in the criminal act charged.
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