CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 3.5:09
AGGRAVATED VEHICULAR UNLAWFUL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY
The elements of the crime of aggravated vehicular unlawful
termination of pregnancy are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. operated or drove a motor vehicle,
4. while under the influence of alcohol or one or more drugs, or a
combination of both alcohol and one or more drugs, and
5. such conduct was the proximate cause of the unlawful
termination of the pregnancy of a woman.
[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 aggravated vehicular unlawful termination of
pregnancy.
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 aggravated vehicular unlawful
termination of pregnancy.
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
b30e3ab7ed19c2bcf4c131661c85be3b1efa5d150de74a8a46615349ad991588
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