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COLJI-Crim. 20:33

IMPROPER CHIPS OR TOKENS

activein force · 2026-02-25 – presentcompiled-edition

The elements of the crime of improper chips or tokens are:

1. That the defendant,

2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,

3. knowingly,

4. played or used a limited gaming activity designed to be played

with, to receive, or to be operated by chips or tokens approved

by the Colorado limited gaming control commission or by

lawful coin of the United States of America, and

[5. used anything other than chips or tokens approved by the

Colorado limited gaming control commission or lawful coin,

legal tender of the United States of America.]

[5. used coin not of the same denomination as the coin intended to

be used in that limited gaming activity.]

[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 improper chips or tokens.

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 improper chips or tokens.

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
77c49c244358a78c1458e0c6f54bd3807ace5b1f9aac7d8d71aad85c26b3c252
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