CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 13:62
PROHIBITED BAIL BOND ACTIVITIES (INDUCE TO COMMIT CRIME)
The elements of the crime of prohibited bail bond activity (induce to
commit crime) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. was engaged in the business of writing bail bonds, and
4. coerced, suggested, aided and abetted, offered promise of
favor, or threatened any person on whose bail bond the
defendant was surety, or offered to become surety to induce
that person to commit any crime.
[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 prohibited bail bond activity (induce to commit
crime).
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 prohibited bail bond activity
(induce to commit crime).
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
0405636903ca7e259037a3dc32f9aaae8fb2a08987e3797438486bd1d6b9e717
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