CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 4-2:01
FIRST DEGREE BURGLARY
The elements of the crime of first degree burglary are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. entered unlawfully, or remained unlawfully after a lawful or
unlawful entry,
5. in a building or occupied structure,
6. with intent,
7. to commit therein the crime[s] of [insert name(s) of offense(s)],
against another person or property, and
8. in effecting entry or while in the building or occupied structure
or in immediate flight from the building or occupied structure,
[9. the defendant or another participant in the crime committed the
crime of assault or the crime of menacing against any person.]
[9. the defendant or another participant in the crime was armed
with explosives.]
[9. the defendant or another participant in the crime used a deadly
weapon or possessed and threatened the use of a deadly
weapon.]
[10. 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 first degree burglary.
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 first degree burglary.
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
f6709283a2a7e5f1ac8c66c334f548af48a49abb7302e9a9141f8dd292a06a8b
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