CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 13:63
PROHIBITED BAIL BOND ACTIVITIES (POSTING BOND WHILE RESTRICTED)
The elements of the crime of prohibited bail bond activity (posting
bond while restricted) 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. posted a bail bond in any court of record in this state,
5. [while his [her] name was on a board established by a court to
publicly post the name of compensated sureties who were
prohibited from posting bail bonds] [under any circumstance
where the defendant had failed to pay a bail forfeiture
judgment after all applicable stays of execution had expired
and the bond had not been exonerated or discharged].
[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 prohibited bail bond activity (posting bond while
restricted).
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
(posting bond while restricted).
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
cd5d6369ee1ef192bf3ee2d53e2748fdf779894d5848d29801eedeffa658fb8b
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