Colorado Revised Statutes
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1-603 (2026)
Complicity
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A person is legally accountable as principal for the behavior of another constituting a criminal offense if, with the intent to promote or facilitate the commission of the offense, he or she aids, abets, advises, or encourages the other person in planning or committing the offense.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 406, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-1-703. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1540, § 3, effective July 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 110
cases (17 in the last 5 years), 1975–2026 · leading case: People v. Childress, 2015 CO 65 (Colo. 2015).
People v. Childress, 2015 CO 65 (Colo. 2015). “â § 18-1-603, C.R.S. (2015). ¶8       Quite apart from those crimes actually defined in terms of acts that can by their very nature be physically performed through agents or instrumentalities rather than only by the defendant himself, cf.”
People v. Wheeler, 772 P.2d 101 (Colo. 1989). “Section 18-1-603, 8B C.R.S. (1986), describes when a person is legally accountable as a principal for the behavior of another on the theory of complicity.”
Bogdanov v. People, 941 P.2d 247 (Colo. 1997). “Complicity is a theory of law by which an accomplice may be held criminally liable for a crime committed by another person if the accomplice aids, abets, or advises the principal, intending thereby to facilitate the commission of the crime.”
People v. R. V., 635 P.2d 892 (Colo. 1981). “" Section 18-1-603, C.R.S.1973. "A person is guilty of an offense if it is committed by the behavior of another person for which he is legally accountable as provided in sections 18-1-602 to 18-1-607.”
Grissom v. People, 115 P.3d 1280 (Colo. 2005). “§ 18-1-603, C.R.S.2004. In People v. Wheeler, 772 P.”
in the Interest of B.D, 2020 CO 87 (Colo. 2020). “” § 18-1-603, C.R.S. (2020). ¶12 This court has interpreted the complicity statute to require that a complicitor hold a dual mental state; meaning, the complicitor must have both 5 (1) the intent, in the commonly understood sense of desiring or having a purpose or design, to…”
v. People, 2019 CO 87 (Colo. 2019). “” § 18-1-603, C.R.S. (2019). We explained in People v.”
People v. Rodriguez, 914 P.2d 230 (Colo. 1996). “" § 18-1-603, 8 C.R.S. (1978). Rodriguez asserts that the court should have instructed the jury using Paragraph 4 of his proposed jury instruction: Having this knowledge, the defendant did intentionally aid, abet, advise, or encourage the other person in the commission or…”
People v. James, 117 P.3d 91 (Colo. Ct. App. 2004). “Section 18-1-603, C.R.S.2004. To be guilty as a complicitor, a person must (1) have the culpable mental state required for the underlying crime committed by the principal; and (2) intend that his conduct have the effect of assisting or encouraging the principal in the commission…”
People v. Blair, 579 P.2d 1133 (Colo. 1978). “In effect, the defendant is contending that in order for him to be held liable on some of these counts, the requirements of section 18-1-603, C.R.S.1973 must be satisfied.”
People v. Thompson, 655 P.2d 416 (Colo. 1982). “Section 18-1-603, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl. Vol.”
Zapata v. People, 2018 CO 82 (Colo. 2018). “3d 155, 165 ; see § 18-1-603, C.R.S. (2018). “With regard to causing a particular result that is an element of the offense in question, .”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1-603(1) — 1 case
People v. Bowerman, 258 P.3d 314 (Colo. Ct. App. 2010).
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