CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 3-3:03
FIRST DEGREE KIDNAPPING (IMPRISONED OR FORCIBLY SECRETED)
The elements of the crime of first degree kidnapping (imprisoned or
forcibly secreted) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. with the intent,
4. to force a person to make any concession or give up anything of
value in order to secure a release of a person under the
defendant’s actual or apparent control,
5. imprisoned or forcibly secreted any person.
[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 first degree kidnapping (imprisoned or forcibly
secreted).
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 first degree kidnapping
(imprisoned or forcibly secreted).
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
ad74a568f95b85933e2f2649621d1e2d7189b59c895e9a5a4b24fa44351e0191
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