CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 12-1:47
DELIVERY OF FIREARM BEFORE WAITING PERIOD
The elements of the crime of delivery of firearm before waiting
period are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. sold a firearm, and
4. delivered the firearm to the purchaser,
[5. before three days after a licensed gun dealer initiated a
background check of the purchaser that was required pursuant
to state or federal law.]
[5. before [he] [she] obtained approval for the firearm transfer
from the Colorado bureau of investigation after it completed
any background check required by state or federal law.]
[6. 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 delivery of firearm before waiting period.
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 delivery of firearm before
waiting period.
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
d50ed97ae744aa5ad6eba75156b37c1a669da60fb44a26ccb24b01a204d9c277
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