CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 42:30
IMPROPER USE OF EVENT DATA (RELEASE)
The elements of the crime of improper use of event data (release) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. released event data from an event data recorder, and
[4. the owner of the motor vehicle or the owner’s agent had not
consented to the release of the data within the last thirty days.]
[4. the data was not subject to discovery pursuant to the rules of
civil procedure in a claim arising out of a motor vehicle
accident.]
[4. the data was not released pursuant to a court order as part of
an investigation of a suspected violation of a law that had
caused, or contributed to the cause of, an accident resulting in
appreciable damage of property or injury to a person.]
[4. the data was not released to a motor vehicle safety and medical
research entity in order to advance motor vehicle safety,
security, or traffic management.]
[4. the data was not released to a data processor solely for the
purposes permitted by law.]
[4. the identity of the owner or driver was disclosed.]
[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 improper use of event data (release).
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 improper use of event data
(release).
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
de3cba0f85cd05ab2e93b70eb19533c90286a42f000f73eb5537843c43841cb0
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