Colorado § 18-2-206 Penalties for criminal conspiracy - when convictions barred

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-2-206 — Penalties for criminal conspiracy - when convictions barred

Colorado § 18-2-206

Title 18Criminal

Art.Inchoate Offenses

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-2-206 (2026).

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(1)Conspiracy to commit a class 1 felony is a class 2 felony; conspiracy to commit a class 2 felony is a class 3 felony; conspiracy to commit a class 3 felony is a class 4 felony; conspiracy to commit a class 4 felony is a class 5 felony; conspiracy to commit a class 5 or 6 felony is a class 6 felony.

(2)A person may not be convicted of conspiracy to commit an offense if he is acquitted of the offense which is the object of the conspiracy where the sole evidence of conspiracy is the evidence establishing the commission of the offense which is the object of the conspiracy.

(3)If the particular conduct charged to constitute a criminal conspiracy is so inherently unlikely to result or culminate in the commission of a crime that neither that conduct nor the offender presents a p

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(1)
Conspiracy to commit a class 1 felony is a class 2 felony; conspiracy to commit a
class 2 felony is a class 3 felony; conspiracy to commit a class 3 felony is a class 4
felony; conspiracy to commit a class 4 felony is a class 5 felony; conspiracy to
commit a class 5 or 6 felony is a class 6 felony.

(2) A person may not be convicted of conspiracy to commit an offense if he is
acquitted of the offense which is the object of the conspiracy where the sole
evidence of conspiracy is the evidence establishing the commission of the offense
which is the object of the conspiracy.

(3) If the particular conduct charged to constitute a criminal conspiracy is so
inherently unlikely to result or culminate in the commission of a crime that neither
that conduct nor the offender presents a public danger warranting the grading of
the offense under this section, the court may enter judgment and impose sentence
for a crime of a lesser class or, in extreme cases, may dismiss the prosecution.

(4) Conspiracy to commit a class 1 misdemeanor or class 2 misdemeanor is a
class 2 misdemeanor.

(5) Repealed.

(6) Conspiracy to commit a petty offense is a crime of the same class as the
offense itself.

(7) (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, conspiracy to commit a level 1
drug felony is a level 2 drug felony; conspiracy to commit a level 2 drug felony is a
level 3 drug felony; conspiracy to commit a level 3 drug felony is a level 4 drug
felony; and conspiracy to commit a level 4 drug felony is a level 4 drug felony.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, conspiracy to commit a level 1 drug
misdemeanor is a level 2 drug misdemeanor; and conspiracy to commit a level 2
drug misdemeanor is a level 2 drug misdemeanor.

Legislative History

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 416, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 40-2-206. L. 75: (1) amended and (4) to (6) added, p. 617, � 4, effective July 21. L. 89, 1st Ex. Sess.: (1) amended, p. 22, � 13, effective July 1. L. 2013: (7) added, (SB 13-250), ch. 333, p. 1942, � 67, effective October 1. L. 2014: (7)(a) amended, (SB 14-163), ch. 391, p. 1975, � 15, effective July 1. L. 2021: (4) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3172, � 192, effective March 1, 2022; (5)(b) added by revision, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, pp. 3172, 3331, �� 192, 803.