CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 4-5:24
DEFACING PROPERTY (CAVES)
The elements of the crime of defacing property (caves) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. with regard to a cave that was public property or the property
of another,
5. without the consent of the owner,
6. broke or damaged any lock, fastening, door, or structure
designed to enclose or protect the cave, or defaced or damaged
any cave resource, or broke any cave resource from any part of
the cave, or removed any cave resource from the cave.
[7. 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 defacing property (caves).
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 defacing property (caves).
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
52d9571b1ec2476e7d5eebaa145efc3e94e556a5e6f6eb577da59d29c71cfcce
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