CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 23:01
RECRUITMENT OF A JUVENILE FOR A CRIMINAL STREET GANG (PARTICIPATION OR MEMBERSHIP)
The elements of the crime of recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal
street gang (participation or membership) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. was eighteen years of age or older, and
4. knowingly,
5. solicited, invited, recruited, encouraged, coerced, or otherwise
caused a person younger than eighteen years of age to actively
participate in or become a member of a criminal street gang.
[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 recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal street gang
(participation or membership).
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 recruitment of a juvenile for a
criminal street gang (participation or membership).
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
e29c52f49eaaa7f4ac568027b7a5ed5d37d13496c1ea653504317cfbe1f0c3e2
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