CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 4-7:02
THEFT OF CABLE SERVICE (CONNECTION)
The elements of the crime of theft of cable service (connection) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. made or maintained a connection or connections, whether
physical, electrical, mechanical, acoustical, or otherwise,
5. with any cable, wire, component, or other device used for the
distribution of cable services,
6. without authority from or payment to a cable operator.
[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 theft of cable service (connection).
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 of cable service
(connection).
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
4dc13f1e498d8b767ab2972bc0120f6c257a35fcf6e2c651b784821edff86588
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