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18-1-805. Responsibility - affirmative defense.

Statute text

The issue of responsibility under sections 18-1-801 to 18-1-804 is an affirmative defense.

History

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 412, 1. C.R.S. 1963: 40-1-905.

Annotations

Cross references: For other provisions concerning affirmative defenses generally, see 18-1-407 and 18-1-710; for affirmative defenses to particular crimes, see specific criminal provisions in articles 2 to 18 of this title 18.

Annotations

 

ANNOTATION

Annotations

Law reviews. For article, "Trauma, Crime and the Affirmative Defense", see 11 Colo. Law. 2401 (1982). For article, "Checklists to Evaluate Vietnam Vet Stress Disorders", see 12 Colo. Law. 273 (1983).

Applied in People v. Cornelison, 192 Colo. 337, 559 P.2d 1102 (1977); People v. Gallegos, 628 P.2d 999 (Colo. 1981); Hendershott v. People, 653 P.2d 385 (Colo. 1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1225, 103 S. Ct. 1232, 75 L. Ed. 2d 466 (1983).


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