Colorado § 18-4-403 Statutory intent

Colorado Statutes

§ 18-4-403 — Statutory intent

Colorado·Title 18 Criminal·Art. Offenses Against Property

If any law of this state refers to or mentions
larceny, stealing, embezzlement (except embezzlement of public moneys), false
pretenses, confidence games, or shoplifting, that law shall be interpreted as if the
word theft were substituted therefor; and in the enactment of sections 18-4-401
to 18-4-403 it is the intent of the general assembly to define one crime of theft and
to incorporate therein such crimes, thereby removing distinctions and technicalities
which previously existed in the pleading and proof of such crimes.

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If any law of this state refers to or mentions
larceny, stealing, embezzlement (except embezzlement of public moneys), false
pretenses, confidence games, or shoplifting, that law shall be interpreted as if the
word theft were substituted therefor; and in the enactment of sections 18-4-401
to 18-4-403 it is the intent of the general assembly to define one crime of theft and
to incorporate therein such crimes, thereby removing distinctions and technicalities
which previously existed in the pleading and proof of such crimes.

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