CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 3-4:71
UNLAWFUL ELECTRONIC SEXUAL COMMUNICATION (EXPOSE OR TOUCH)
The elements of the crime of unlawful electronic sexual
communication (expose or touch) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. importuned, invited, or enticed,
5. through communication via a computer network or system,
telephone network, or data network or by a text message or
instant message,
6. a person whom the defendant knew or believed to be fifteen
years of age or older but less than eighteen years of age and at
least four years younger than the defendant, and
7. the defendant was in a position of trust with respect to that
person,
8. to expose or touch the person’s own or another person’s
intimate parts while communicating with the defendant via a
computer network or system, telephone network, or data
network or by a text message or instant message.
[9. 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 electronic sexual communication (expose
or touch).
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 unlawful electronic sexual
communication (expose or touch).
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
9c4fcb9cdddf0c10eb4eac87267f1898f99208fa61584074018ed567ebf51a90
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