CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 3-2:15
ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE (WHILE CONFINED IN A DETENTION FACILITY; BODILY FLUIDS OR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL)
The elements of the crime of assault in the second degree (while
confined in a detention facility; bodily fluids or hazardous material) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. while lawfully confined in a detention facility within this state,
4. with the intent,
5. to infect, injure, or harm,
6. a person in a detention facility whom the defendant knew, or
reasonably should have known, to be an employee of a
detention facility,
7. caused such employee to come into contact with blood, seminal
fluid, urine, feces, saliva, mucus, vomit, or any toxic, caustic, or
hazardous material,
8. by any means, including, but not limited to, throwing, tossing,
or expelling such fluid or material.
[9. 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 assault in the second degree (while confined in a
detention facility; bodily fluids or hazardous material).
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 assault in the second degree
(while confined in a detention facility; bodily fluids or hazardous material).
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
1d2b2e94d2b910a7cec29372dc5779b0441da77f65ea7c18e8b531b88ae3d9f5
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