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DENVER—The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that guns stolen during a burglary are not classified as deadly weapons.
The court threw out the first-degree burglary conviction of Mark Montez and ordered his conviction reduced to second-degree burglary. Montez was convicted of breaking into a Lakewood home in 2005 and stealing money and two shotguns.
The court on Monday said the legislature has not classified firearms stolen in burglaries as deadly weapons, regardless of the manner intended to use them.
