CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 3-6:02
STALKING (CREDIBLE THREAT AND REPEATED COMMUNICATION)
The elements of the crime of stalking (credible threat and repeated
communication) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. made a credible threat to another person, either directly, or
indirectly through a third person, and
5. in connection with the threat, repeatedly made any form of
communication with that person, a member of that person’s
immediate family, or someone with whom that person was
having or previously had a continuing relationship, regardless
of whether a conversation ensued.
[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 stalking (credible threat and repeated
communication).
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 stalking (credible threat and
repeated communication).
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
3ad87132745a337d3c89d2bd1f3367f148c73cd580c1373a785842d35039e8b9
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