CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 12-5:03
IMPROPER BACKGROUND CHECK (PROMOTER’S FAILURE TO ARRANGE)
The elements of the crime of improper background check (promoter’s
failure to arrange) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. was a gun show promoter, and
4. failed to arrange for the services of a licensed gun dealer on the
premises of the gun show to obtain a background check as
required by law.
[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 background check (promoter’s failure to
arrange).
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 background check
(promoter’s failure to arrange).
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
b1182a8ba3c935a15e313eb5692767faa169b4ee1c7d36a539df3af9528ca07b
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