CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 3-4:23
UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONTACT (SUBSTANTIAL IMPAIRMENT)
The elements of the crime of unlawful sexual contact (substantial
impairment) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. subjected a person to any sexual contact, and
5. substantially impaired the person’s power to appraise or
control his [her] own conduct,
6. by employing, without the person’s consent, any drug,
intoxicant, or other means for the purpose of causing
submission.
[7. 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 unlawful sexual contact (substantial impairment).
After considering all of 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 unlawful sexual contact
(substantial impairment).
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
69e8e196b808f75e7dd687ba792c49bc066312f3881c78b199f55653be1bebed
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