CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 12-1:35.3
UNLAWFUL CONDUCT INVOLVING UNSERIALIZED FIREARM, FRAME, OR RECEIVER (POSSESS OR TRANSPORT)
The elements of the crime of unlawful conduct involving unserialized
firearm, frame, or receiver (possess or transport) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. possessed or transported an unfinished frame or receiver, and
5. the unfinished frame or receiver was required by federal law to
be imprinted with a serial number, and
6. it had not been imprinted with a serial number by a federal
firearms licensee pursuant to federal law or Colorado law.
[7. 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 conduct involving unserialized firearm,
frame, or receiver (possess or transport).
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 conduct involving
unserialized firearm, frame, or receiver (possess or transport).
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
2361e8d792e89fd0fd4e339a116386f1a25942f7502ffe4e775074b5b2cb23bf
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