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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-207 (2024)

Holding hostages

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Any person in lawful custody or confinement within the state who, while escaping or attempting to escape, holds as hostage any person or by force or threat of force holds any person against his will commits a class 2 felony.

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 458, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-8-207. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 708, § 2, effective July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1983–2014 · leading case: People v. Campbell, 174 P.3d 860 (Colo. Ct. App. 2007).
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People v. Campbell, 174 P.3d 860 (Colo. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 6× “2007 Defendant next contends that the criminal extortion statute, section 18-8-207, is unconstitutionally overbroad because it infringes upon protected free speech.”
People v. Blehm, 983 P.2d 779 (Colo. 1999). · cites it 2× “Blehm was convicted of holding hostages during an attempt to escape from a county jail in violation of section 18-8-207, 6 C.R.S. (1998), and adjudicated a habitual criminal.”
People v. Johnson, 2013 COA 122, 327 P.3d 305. · cites it 3× “2012, and stating that, while the term "escape" is not specifically defined in the Colorado Criminal Code, the parties nevertheless agreed that the term had the same meaning for purposes of § 18-8-207 as for purposes of § 18-8-208). {16 According to defendant, because the…”
People ex rel. Faulk v. Dist. Court ex rel. Cnty. of Fremont, 673 P.2d 998 (Colo. 1983). · cites it 3× “Section 18-8-207, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol.”
Zueger v. Goss, 2014 COA 61, 343 P.3d 1028. · cites it 2× “See § 18-8-207(1), C.R.S.2013; People v. Campbell, 174 P.”
Blehm v. People, 817 P.2d 987 (Colo. 1991). “The defendant, Larry Eugene Blehm, was convicted of holding a hostage, § 18-8-207, 8B C.R.S. (1986), and was adjudicated an habitual criminal.”
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-8-207(1): 2 cases
Zueger v. Goss, 2014 COA 61, 343 P.3d 1028. “See § 18-8-207(1), C.R.S.2013; People v. Campbell, 174 P.”
People v. Campbell, 174 P.3d 860 (Colo. Ct. App. 2007). “2007 Defendant next contends that the criminal extortion statute, section 18-8-207, is unconstitutionally overbroad because it infringes upon protected free speech.”
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