CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 42:01.3
OPERATING VEHICLE AFTER CIRCUMVENTING INTERLOCK DEVICE
The elements of the crime of operating vehicle after circumventing
interlock device are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. was a person whose privilege to drive was restricted to the
operation of a motor vehicle equipped with an approved
ignition interlock device, and
[4. operated a motor vehicle other than a motor vehicle equipped
with an approved ignition interlock device.]
[4. circumvented or attempted to circumvent the proper use of an
approved ignition interlock device.]
[5. 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 operating vehicle after circumventing interlock
device.
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 operating vehicle after
circumventing interlock device.
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
242f0cfdfddba17e8393ddc6353825cb7963c510dcb0f3764c420ca2e2f8d696
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