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Code · Colorado · Title 18 — Criminal Code · Article 2 — Inchoate Offenses

18-2-401. Nonavailability of defenses.

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(1)Renunciation and abandonment are not voluntary and complete so as to be a defense to prosecution under this article if they are motivated in whole or in part by:
(a)A belief that a circumstance exists which increases the probability of detection or apprehension of the defendant or another or which makes more difficult the consummation of the crime; or
(b)A decision to postpone the crime until another time or to substitute another victim or another but similar objective.
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