CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 3-2:32
EXTORTION (UNLAWFUL ACT)
The elements of the crime of extortion (unlawful act) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. without legal authority, and
4. with the intent,
5. to induce another person against that other person’s will to
perform an act or to refrain from performing a lawful act,
6. made a substantial threat to confine or restrain, cause economic
hardship or bodily injury to, or damage the property or
reputation of, the threatened person or another person, and
7. threatened to cause the result[s] by performing or causing an
unlawful act to be performed.
[8. 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 extortion (unlawful act).
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 extortion (unlawful act).
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
6271810aaa694d3ef635f432e79f153aad04f2c420ed1629df468913962a844b
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