WHAT IS A FELONY?

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Felonies are the most serious criminal offenses and are punishable by more than one year in prison or by death. Convicted Felons can be sentenced to the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) and when released from DOC they are required to serve a mandatory period of parole.

Convicted felons can lose their right to vote. Felons can find it impossible to find a job or if they have a job, to keep it, once convicted. Felons can find that they are barred from being employed in certain professions or to keep their professional job. Felons may be prohibited from owning guns or from serving in the military. The convicted felon my also find it difficult to get a place to live.

FELONIES COMMITTED ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2020 (18-1.3-401)

PRESUMPTIVE RANGE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AGGRAVATION MANDATORY PAROLE

Class Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum Mandatory Midpoint

Of The Presumptive Range

1 Life Life N/A N/A

2 8 years 24 years 4 years 48 years 16 years 5 years if COV

$5,000 Fine $1,000,000 Fine 3 years if no COV

3 4 years 12 years 2 years 24 years 8 years 5 years

$3,000 Fine $750,000 Fine

** 4 years 16 years 2 years 32 years 10 years 5 years

$3,000 Fine $750,000 Fine

4 2 years 6 years 1 year 12 years 4 years 3 years

$2,000 Fine $500,000 Fine

** 2 years 8 years 1 year 16 years 5 years 3 years

$2,000 Fine $500,000 Fine

5 1 year 3 years 6 mos. 6 years 2 years 2 years

$1,000 Fine $100,000 Fine

** 1 year 4 years 6 mos. 8 years 2.5 years 2 years

$1,000 Fine $100,000 Fine

6 1 year 18 mos. 6 mos. 3 years 15 mos. 1 year

$1,000 Fine $100,000 Fine

** 1 year 2 years 6 mos. 4 years 18 mos. 1 year

***Extraordinary risk crimes include the following:

● Aggravated robbery, as defined in section 18-4-302 ;

● Child abuse, as defined in section 18-6-401 ;

● Unlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, sale, or possession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell, distribute, manufacture, or dispense, as defined in section 18-18-405 ;

● Any crime of violence, as defined in section 18-1.3-406 ;

● Stalking, as described in section 18-9-111(4) , as it existed prior to August 11, 2010, or section 18-3-602 ;

● Sale or distribution of materials to manufacture controlled substances, as described in section 18-18-412.7 ;

● Felony invasion of privacy for sexual gratification, as described in section 18-3-405.6 ;

● A class 3 felony offense of human trafficking for involuntary servitude, as described in section 18-3-503 ;

● A class 3 felony offense of human trafficking for sexual servitude, as described in section 18-3-504 ; and

● Assault in the second degree, as described in section 18-3-203(1)(i) .

*** Sex Offenses have additional sentencing criteria and sex offender registration requirements.