Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 18-8-705 — Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 7: VICTIMS AND WITNESSES PROTECTION, Colorado Revised Statutes.
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Full text of C.R.S. § 18-8-705
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) A person who commits intimidating a witness or victim commits aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim if, during the act of intimidating, he: (a) Is armed with a deadly weapon with the intent, if resisted, to kill, maim, or wound the person being intimidated or any other person; or (b) Knowingly wounds the person being intimidated or any other person with a deadly weapon, or by the use of force, threats, or intimidation with a deadly weapon knowingly puts the person being intimidated or any other person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury. (2) For purposes of subsection (1) of this section, possession of any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead any person reasonably to believe it to be a deadly weapon, or any verbal or other representation by the person that he is so armed, is prima facie evidence that the person is armed with a deadly weapon. (3) Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim is a class 3 felony.
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Questions this section answers
Is aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim a felony or a misdemeanor in Colorado?
Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim is a class 3 felony in Colorado under C.R.S. § 18-8-705.
Which Colorado statute covers aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim?
Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim is governed by C.R.S. § 18-8-705 (Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim).
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