Colorado Code
Part 1 - Attempts
§ 18-2-101. Criminal Attempt - Repeal



(3.5) Criminal attempt to commit any crime for which a court is required to sentence a defendant for a crime of violence in accordance with section 18-1.3-406 is itself a crime of violence for the purposes of that section.



(6) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (6) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Criminal attempt to commit a class 1 misdemeanor or class 2 misdemeanor is a class 2 misdemeanor.









Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 414, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-2-101. L. 75: (4) to (7) amended and (8) added, p. 617, § 3, effective July 21. L. 76, Ex. Sess.: (9) added, p. 10, § 2, effective September 18. L. 77: (1) amended, p. 960, § 4, effective July 1. L. 89, 1st Ex. Sess.: (4) and (5) amended, p. 21, § 11, effective July 1. L. 95: (3.5) added, p. 1250, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2002: (3.5) amended, p. 1511, § 182, effective October 1. L. 2013: (10) added, (SB 13-250), ch. 333, p. 1942, § 66, effective October 1. L. 2014: (10) amended, (SB 14-163), ch. 391, p. 1975, § 14, effective July 1. L. 2021: (6) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3172, § 190, effective March 1, 2022; (7)(b) added by revision, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, pp. 3172, 3331, §§ 190, 803.
Editor's note: Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
Cross references: (1) For affirmative defenses generally, see §§ 18-1-407, 18-1-710, and 18-1-805.
(2) For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsection (3.5), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.