CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 15:07
POSSESSION OR CONCEALMENT OF RECORDS OF CRIMINAL USURY
The elements of the crime of possession or concealment of records of
criminal usury are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. possessed or concealed any writing, paper, instrument, or
article used to record criminally usurious transactions, and
[4. knew or had reasonable grounds to know that the contents had
been used, were being used, or were intended to be used to
conduct a criminally usurious transaction.]
[4. possessed or concealed such instruments with intent to aid,
assist, or facilitate criminal usury.]
[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 possession or concealment of records of criminal
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 possession or concealment of
records of criminal 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
a937ab8b0260391418369026a41fb79c85e5489039aaddc292f8fd7a809db63d
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