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mental culpability requirement in Colorado

7 Colorado opinions name it 2 courts 1982–2025 4 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Colorado courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (5)

CaseFollowedCited
Palmer v. Peoplegreen
colo · 1998 · cited in 2 Colorado opinions naming this issue, 2022–2025
2 sentences

2025See People v. Snelling, 2022 COA 116M , ¶ 14 (“Voluntary intoxication may negate specific intent . . . .”); § 18-3-202(1)(a), C.R.S. 2024 (first degree assault requires an offender to act “[w]ith intent”); Palmer v. People, 964 P.2d 524, 526 (Colo. 1998) (“[A]ll offenses in the criminal code in which the mental culpability requirement is expressed as 14 ‘intentionally’ or ‘with intent’ are specific intent offenses.”).

2022See § 18-1-804(1), C.R.S. 2021; Palmer v. People, 964 P.2d 524, 526 (Colo. 1998) (“[A]ll offenses in the criminal code in which the mental culpability requirement is expressed as ‘intentionally’ or ‘with intent’ are 5 specific intent offenses.”); § 18-4-203(1), C.R.S. 2021 (a second degree burglary conviction requires a finding that the defendant acted “with intent to commit therein a crime against another person or property”); § 18-4-506, C.R.S. 2021 (tampering requires an offender to act “with intent to cause injury, inconvenience, or annoyance to that person or to another”). ¶ 15 A trial co

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People v. Aragongreen
colo · 1982 · cited in 1 Colorado opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
1 sentence

2025It is “the settled law of [Colorado] that evidence of self-induced intoxication is not admissible to negate the culpability element of ‘knowingly.’” Stone, ¶ 5, 471 P.3d at 1151 (quoting People v. Aragon, 653 P.2d 715, 719 (Colo. 1982)). ¶ 52 Drake asserts that the trial court erred by giving the intoxication instruction because such instruction erroneously 23 “create[d] an evidentiary rule that categorically prohibit[ed] [the] jury from considering evidence that [was] both relevant and exculpatory.” He argues that a proper intoxication instruction would have explained section 18-1-804(1) to t

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In Re Roosegreen
colo · 2003 · cited in 1 Colorado opinions naming this issue, 2022–2022
1 sentence

2022"A person acts 'intentionally' or 'with intent' when his conscious objective is to cause the specific result proscribed by the statute defining the offense," § 18-1-501(5) (emphasis added), or when the person's "purpose [is] to accomplish a particular result," In re Roose , 69 P.3d 43, 48 (Colo. 2003).

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People v. Thomasgreen
colo · 1986 · cited in 1 Colorado opinions naming this issue, 1998–1998
1 sentence

1998See id. at 975 . 6 Here, however, the culpability requirement for conspiracy and that for the crime of reckless manslaughter conflict.

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People v. Foundsgreen
coloctapp · 1981 · cited in 1 Colorado opinions naming this issue, 1982–1982
1 sentence

1982See People v. Founds, supra. Section 18-1-501(6), C.R.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Colorado. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (3)

CaseCitedYears
Brown v. People green
colo · 2010
1 sentence

2022See § 18-1-804(1), C.R.S. 2021; Palmer v. People, 964 P.2d 524, 526 (Colo. 1998) (“[A]ll offenses in the criminal code in which the mental culpability requirement is expressed as ‘intentionally’ or ‘with intent’ are 5 specific intent offenses.”); § 18-4-203(1), C.R.S. 2021 (a second degree burglary conviction requires a finding that the defendant acted “with intent to commit therein a crime against another person or property”); § 18-4-506, C.R.S. 2021 (tampering requires an offender to act “with intent to cause injury, inconvenience, or annoyance to that person or to another”). ¶ 15 A trial co

12022–2022
People v. Mattas green
colo · 1982
1 sentence

1983People v. Mattas, 645 P.2d 254 (Colo.1982); People v. Mason, supra. III.

11983–1983
People v. Mason green
colo · 1982
1 sentence

1983People v. Mattas, 645 P.2d 254 (Colo.1982); People v. Mason, supra. III.

11983–1983

Statutes the citing opinions construe

CO § Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1-501 (5)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

KS 8 (2016–2026) CO 7 (1982–2025) OH 4 (1999–2026) NY 3 (2005–2019) PA 2 (2017–2017) WA 2 (2007–2007)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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