CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 3-4:61
FAILURE TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER (PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION UPON RELEASE)
The elements of the crime of failure to register as a sex offender
(providing false information upon release) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. was required to register as a sex offender, and
4. knowingly,
5. provided false information, including but not limited to
information about [insert relevant provision from section 16-22-
107(4)(b), as incorporated from section 16-22-107(4)(a)],
6. to a sheriff, his [her] designee, department of corrections
personnel, or department of human services personnel,
7. concerning the address where he [she] intended to reside upon
release from the county jail, the department of corrections, or
the department of human services.
[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 failure to register as a sex offender (providing false
information upon release).
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 failure to register as a sex
offender (providing false information upon release).
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
bc55228fe23f6932ad7c0b0ec13c0a946f2ee92a5859d7ae213ce2c456fa403d
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