(1) A person commits compounding if he accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit as consideration for:
(a) Refraining from seeking prosecution of an offender; or
(b) Refraining from reporting to law enforcement authorities the commission
or suspected commission of any crime or information relating to a crime.
(2) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the
benefit received by 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.
(3) Compounding is a class 2 misdemeanor.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 456, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-8-108. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3195, § 276, effective March 1, 2022.
For affirmative defenses generally, see §§ 18-1-407, 18-1-710, and 18-1-805.
