CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 13:33.4
FAILURE TO RECORD CREDIT PURCHASE
The elements of the crime of failure to record credit purchase are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. was a secondhand dealer, or a dealer of new goods as a retailer
who sold such goods at a flea market or similar facility or any
nonpermanent location, and
4. failed to record the purchase of a store credit, gift card, or
merchandise card for resale in a lawful register that is
accessible to law enforcement.
[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 failure to record credit purchase.
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 failure to record credit
purchase.
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
b2702ba79509f7fa48c9f2e5161da7e24718a4137650077ea22caeff75608db8
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