Colorado legal term
Bodily injury in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Bodily injury” 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 “Bodily injury” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Bodily injury" means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical or mental condition. (C.R.S. § 18-1-901)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Bias-motivated crimes
- False reporting to authorities
- Harassment
- Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim
- Aggravated retaliation against a witness or victim
- Aggravated robbery
- Assault during escape
- Assault in the second degree
- Assault in the third degree
- Careless driving
- Criminal extortion
- Enticement of a child
Related terms in the same statutes
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