CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 4-5:01
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
The elements of criminal mischief are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. damaged the real or personal property of one or more other
persons, including property owned by the defendant jointly
with another person or property owned by the defendant in
which, at the time of the damage, another person had a
possessory or proprietary interest,
5. in the course of a single criminal episode.
[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
proved each of the elements beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find
the defendant guilty of criminal mischief.
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 criminal mischief.
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
c016c29d6155f01e270a9a7781794479273185280e2121002782448b29b6e67d
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