CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 11:08
UNLAWFUL FLAG DISPLAY
The elements of the crime of unlawful flag display are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. displayed any flag other than the flag of the United States of
America or the state of Colorado or any of its subdivisions,
agencies, or institutions,
4. on a permanent flagstaff located on a state, county, municipal,
or other public building or on its grounds within this state.
[5. and that the defendant’s conduct was not legally authorized by
the affirmative defense[s] in Instruction[s] ___.]
After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has
proven each of the elements beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find
the defendant guilty of unlawful flag display.
After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has
failed to prove any one or more of the elements beyond a reasonable doubt,
you should find the defendant not guilty of unlawful flag display.
History
COLJI-Crim. (2025), Colorado Supreme Court Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee. The committee's page: "The 2025 edition was published online on February 25, 2026." © 2025 Supreme Court of Colorado for the State of Colorado.
Provenance
- Source
- www.coloradojudicial.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- crim-2026-02-25
- Content hash
4f52c2a5444bbeedd4b1c73aa0df46d7acb95b76c11c1e7f862d28138b339996
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