CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 3-4:52
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A CLIENT BY A PSYCHOTHERAPIST (THERAPEUTIC DECEPTION)
The elements of sexual assault on a client by a psychotherapist
(therapeutic deception) 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,
5. when the defendant was a psychotherapist, and
6. the person was a client of the defendant, and
7. the sexual contact occurred by means of therapeutic deception.
[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 sexual assault on a client by a psychotherapist
(therapeutic deception).
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 sexual assault on a client by a
psychotherapist (therapeutic deception).
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
9e22caaa18273768fef046179e57ab90bd110f585275f3d69b50d3d38aeac5ea
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