Nonavailability of defenses.

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(1) Renunciation and abandonment are not voluntary and complete so as to be a defense to prosecution under this article if they are motivated in whole or in part by:

  1. A belief that a circumstance exists which increases the probability of detection orapprehension of the defendant or another or which makes more difficult the consummation of the crime; or

  2. A decision to postpone the crime until another time or to substitute another victim oranother but similar objective.

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 417, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-2-401.


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