Colorado § 18-8-705 - Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 18-8-705 — Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18-8-705. Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim.
(1) A person who commits intimidating a witness or victim commits aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim if, during the act of intimidating, he:
(a) Is armed with a deadly weapon with the intent, if resisted, to kill, maim, or wound the person being intimidated or any other person; or
(b) Knowingly wounds the person being intimidated or any other person with a deadly weapon, or by the use of force, threats, or intimidation with a deadly weapon knowingly puts the person being intimidated or any other person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury.
(2) For purposes of subsection (1) of this section, possession of any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead any person reasonably to believe it to be a deadly weapon, or any verbal or other representation by the person that he is so armed, is prima facie evidence that the person is armed with a deadly weapon.
(3) Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim is a class 3 felony.
Source: L. 84: Entire part added, p. 502, § 4, effective July 1.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 18-8-705 ("Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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