Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 18-3-102 — Murder in the first degree.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 1: HOMICIDE AND RELATED OFFENSES, Colorado Revised Statutes.
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Full text of C.R.S. § 18-3-102
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 commits the crime of murder in the first degree if: (a) After deliberation and with the intent to cause the death of a person other than himself, he causes the death of that person or of another person; or (b) Repealed. (c) By perjury or subornation of perjury he procures the conviction and execution of any innocent person; or (d) Under circumstances evidencing an attitude of universal malice manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life generally, he knowingly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to a person, or persons, other than himself, and thereby causes the death of another; or (e) He or she commits unlawful distribution, dispensation, or sale of a controlled substance to a person under the age of eighteen years on school grounds as provided in section 18-18-407 (2), or 18-18-407 (1)(g)(I) for offenses committed on or after October 1, 2013, and the death of such person is caused by the use of such controlled substance; or (f) The person knowingly causes the death of a child who has not yet attained twelve years of age and the person committing the offense is one in a position of trust with respect to the victim. (2) Repealed. (3) Murder in the first degree is a class 1 felony. (4) The statutory privilege between patient and physician and between husband and wife shall not be available for excluding or refusing testimony in any prosecution for the crime of murder in the first degree as described in paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of this section.
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Questions this section answers
Is murder in the first degree a felony or a misdemeanor in Colorado?
Murder in the first degree is a class 1 felony in Colorado under C.R.S. § 18-3-102.
Which Colorado statute covers murder in the first degree?
Murder in the first degree is governed by C.R.S. § 18-3-102 (Murder in the first degree).
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