CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 15:05
FINANCING CRIMINAL USURY
The elements of the crime of financing usury are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. advanced money or property, whether as a gift, a loan, or an
investment,
5. pursuant to a partnership or profit-sharing agreement, or
otherwise,
6. to any person, with reasonable grounds to believe that it was
the intention of the person to whom the advance was made to
use the money or property, directly or indirectly, for the
purpose of engaging in criminal usury.
[7. 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 financing usury.
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 financing usury.
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
5ba0093272c0a7df39fac3c50e65c8bc468cf8529570e121c2a3097138a5316f
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