CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 3.5:11
CARELESS DRIVING RESULTING IN UNLAWFUL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY
The elements of the crime of careless driving resulting in unlawful
termination of pregnancy are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. drove a [motor vehicle] [bicycle] [electrical assisted bicycle]
[electric scooter] [low-power scooter],
4. in a careless and imprudent manner, without due regard for the
width, grade, curves, corners, traffic, and use of the streets and
highways and all other attendant circumstances, and
5. caused the unlawful termination of a 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 careless driving resulting in 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 careless driving resulting in
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
8198a961fb766e2f1530b8db540f013197fa1d8de1155cc41249611504528988
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