CO Crime Victims Constitutional Rights

Victim Rights

Crime victims have certain rights. If you are a victim of one of the crimes listed below, your rights are guaranteed by the Colorado Constitution:

• Any crime which includes an act of domestic violence
• Arson - 1st degree
• Assault - 1st, 2nd, 3rd degree; vehicular; on the elderly or disabled
• Bias - Motivated Harassment
• Burglary - 1st degree and 2nd degree
• Careless driving resulting in death
• Careless driving resulting in serious bodily injury
• Child abuse
• Child prostitution
• Crimes against at-risk adults or juveniles
• Criminally - negligent homicide and vehicular homicide
• Ethnic intimidation / biased motivated crimes as defined by C.R.S. 18-9-121
• Harassment by stalking
• Hit-and-run resulting in death
• Incest - aggravated incest
• Indecent exposure
• Intimidation or aggravated intimidation of a victim or witness
• Invasion of privacy for sexual gratification
• Involuntary Servitude
• Kidnapping - 1st and 2nd degree
• Manslaughter
• Menacing
• Murder - 1st and 2nd degree
• Posting a private image for harassment or pecuniary (monetary) gain
• Retaliation against a judge, juror, prosecutor, victim, or witness, elected official 
• Robbery - aggravated, aggravated of a controlled substance, of the elderly or disabled
• Sexual assault; unlawful sexual contact; sexual assault on a child; on a child by one in a position of trust; on a client by a psychotherapist
• Sexual exploitation of children
• Tampering with a witness or victim
• Trafficking in adults or children
• Any attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation of these crimes
• Violation of a criminal protection order under Section 18-1-1001, C.R.S., against a person charged with committing sexual assault, on a child, on a child by one in a position of trust, or on a client by a psychotherapist