2025 COLORADO POST STUDY GUIDE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Formal requirement for a victim to file a complaint: -
correct answer ✅Attempt to resolve the matter at a local level
Sexual assault -
correct answer ✅(§18-3-402) // any actor who knowingly inflicts
intrusion or penetration (F4) if: the actor causes submission of
victim OR the actor knows the victim is incapable of appraising the
nature of the conduct, OR actor knows there is erroneous
submission (believing to be their spouse), OR victim is under 15 and
actor is at least 4 years older (M1), OR between 15 and 17 and
actor is 10 yrs older, OR victim is physically helpless (F3) // F2
aggravators: actor is assisted by someone else, victim suffers SBI,
involves use of deadly weapon (or verbally represents)
Photographic arrays -
correct answer ✅ID procedures are not necessary if the witness
knows the suspect (i.e. more than a short time or mere
acquaintances)
Label each part of the following statute:
16-3-504(2.2)(a)(II)(A) -
correct answer ✅16 - Title
3 - Article
,2025 COLORADO POST STUDY GUIDE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
504 - Section
(2.2) - Subsection
(a) - Paragraphs
(II) - Sub-Paragraphs
(A) - Sub Sub-Paragraphs
What are the two types of arrest? -
correct answer ✅Custodial
Non-Custodial
An emergency protective order expires after _____? -
correct answer ✅Three judicial days
§ 18-1-402. Presumption of Innocence -
correct answer ✅Every person is presumed innocent until proved
guilty
§ 18-1-403. Legal Assistance and Supporting Services -
correct answer ✅All indigent persons who are charged with or
held for the commission of a crime are entitled to legal
representation and supporting services at the state's expense
,2025 COLORADO POST STUDY GUIDE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Dunaway v. New York said what? -
correct answer ✅an officer needs PC for any arrest
§ 18-1-404 Preliminary hearing or waiver-dispositional hearing -
correct answer ✅Every person accused of a class 1, 2, or 3 felony
or level 1 or level 2 drug felony has the right to demand and receive
a preliminary hearing within a reasonable time to determine
whether PC exists
Only those persons charged with a class 4, 5, or 6 felony that
requires mandatory sentencing, or is charged with a crime of
violence or sexual offense, shall have the right to demand and
receive a preliminary hearing within a reasonable time to
determine whether PC exists
How many jurors on a felony trial? -
correct answer ✅12
How many jurors on a misdemeanor trial? -
correct answer ✅6
, 2025 COLORADO POST STUDY GUIDE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How long for a speedy trial? -
correct answer ✅180 days from the date of entry of a not guilty
plea
§ 18-1-405
What property crime can you use deadly force to defend against? -
correct answer ✅First Degree Arson
§ 18-1-407 Affirmative Defense -
correct answer ✅Means that unless the state's evidence raises the
issue involving the alleged defense, the defendant, to raise the
issue, shall present some credible evidence on that issue
If the issue involved in an affirmative defense is raised, then the
guilt of the defendant must be... -
correct answer ✅Established beyond a reasonable doubt as to that
issue as well as all other elements of the offense
When is an officer in detentions justified in using physical force? -
correct answer ✅in all other circumstances when and to the
extent that he reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent when
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Formal requirement for a victim to file a complaint: -
correct answer ✅Attempt to resolve the matter at a local level
Sexual assault -
correct answer ✅(§18-3-402) // any actor who knowingly inflicts
intrusion or penetration (F4) if: the actor causes submission of
victim OR the actor knows the victim is incapable of appraising the
nature of the conduct, OR actor knows there is erroneous
submission (believing to be their spouse), OR victim is under 15 and
actor is at least 4 years older (M1), OR between 15 and 17 and
actor is 10 yrs older, OR victim is physically helpless (F3) // F2
aggravators: actor is assisted by someone else, victim suffers SBI,
involves use of deadly weapon (or verbally represents)
Photographic arrays -
correct answer ✅ID procedures are not necessary if the witness
knows the suspect (i.e. more than a short time or mere
acquaintances)
Label each part of the following statute:
16-3-504(2.2)(a)(II)(A) -
correct answer ✅16 - Title
3 - Article
,2025 COLORADO POST STUDY GUIDE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
504 - Section
(2.2) - Subsection
(a) - Paragraphs
(II) - Sub-Paragraphs
(A) - Sub Sub-Paragraphs
What are the two types of arrest? -
correct answer ✅Custodial
Non-Custodial
An emergency protective order expires after _____? -
correct answer ✅Three judicial days
§ 18-1-402. Presumption of Innocence -
correct answer ✅Every person is presumed innocent until proved
guilty
§ 18-1-403. Legal Assistance and Supporting Services -
correct answer ✅All indigent persons who are charged with or
held for the commission of a crime are entitled to legal
representation and supporting services at the state's expense
,2025 COLORADO POST STUDY GUIDE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Dunaway v. New York said what? -
correct answer ✅an officer needs PC for any arrest
§ 18-1-404 Preliminary hearing or waiver-dispositional hearing -
correct answer ✅Every person accused of a class 1, 2, or 3 felony
or level 1 or level 2 drug felony has the right to demand and receive
a preliminary hearing within a reasonable time to determine
whether PC exists
Only those persons charged with a class 4, 5, or 6 felony that
requires mandatory sentencing, or is charged with a crime of
violence or sexual offense, shall have the right to demand and
receive a preliminary hearing within a reasonable time to
determine whether PC exists
How many jurors on a felony trial? -
correct answer ✅12
How many jurors on a misdemeanor trial? -
correct answer ✅6
, 2025 COLORADO POST STUDY GUIDE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How long for a speedy trial? -
correct answer ✅180 days from the date of entry of a not guilty
plea
§ 18-1-405
What property crime can you use deadly force to defend against? -
correct answer ✅First Degree Arson
§ 18-1-407 Affirmative Defense -
correct answer ✅Means that unless the state's evidence raises the
issue involving the alleged defense, the defendant, to raise the
issue, shall present some credible evidence on that issue
If the issue involved in an affirmative defense is raised, then the
guilt of the defendant must be... -
correct answer ✅Established beyond a reasonable doubt as to that
issue as well as all other elements of the offense
When is an officer in detentions justified in using physical force? -
correct answer ✅in all other circumstances when and to the
extent that he reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent when
