CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 12-4:02
IMPROPER FIREARMS RECORD (POLICE OFFICER)
The elements of the crime of improper firearms record (police officer)
are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
[3. engaged in the retail sale, rental, or exchange of firearms,
pistols, or revolvers, and
4. refused to exhibit his [her] record book detailing all such sales,
rentals, or exchanges to a police officer when requested.]
[3. was a federal firearms licensee, and
4. refused to exhibit [his] [her] record concerning all firearms,
frames, or receivers serialized by the defendant to a police
officer when requested.]
[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 improper firearms record (police officer).
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 improper firearms record
(police officer).
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
4bb712b6c6f62be89b30c98e7dfe0cafa547f06bc3face3a14d38ed90d61a221
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