CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 4-4:04
THEFT (DEMANDING CONSIDERATION)
The elements of the crime of theft (demanding consideration) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
[4. obtained, retained, or exercised control over anything of value
of another,
5. without authorization or by threat or deception, and]
[4. received, loaned money by pawn or pledge on, or disposed of,
5. anything of value or belonging to another that he [she] knew or
believed to have been stolen, and]
6. demanded any consideration to which he [she] was not legally
entitled,
7. as a condition of restoring the thing of value to the other
person.
[8. 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 theft (demanding consideration).
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 theft (demanding
consideration).
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
255c595c2e808fa628504cfbe702c2c05cc1978af991475306105c7c02b2b0a5
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