(1) A person commits compounding if he accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit as consideration for:
Refraining from seeking prosecution of an offender; or
Refraining from reporting to law enforcement authorities the commission or suspected commission of any crime or information relating to a crime.
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the benefit receivedby the defendant did not exceed an amount which the defendant reasonably believed to be due as restitution or indemnification for harm caused by the crime.
Compounding is a class 3 misdemeanor.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 456, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-8-108.
Cross references: For affirmative defenses generally, see §§ 18-1-407, 18-1-710, and 18-1-805.