CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 42:44
DRIVING DURING SUSPENSION
The elements of the crime of driving during suspension are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. was a person whose license or other privilege to operate a
motor vehicle had been suspended, cancelled, or revoked, and
4. restoration thereof or issuance of a new license was contingent
upon the furnishing of proof of financial responsibility for the
future, and
5. during such suspension or revocation, or in the absence of
proper authorization from the executive director of the
Department of Revenue,
6. the defendant drove any motor vehicle upon any highway in
Colorado[, and was not permitted to do so by law].
[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 driving during suspension.
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 driving during suspension.
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
fa054c6f01d52441596a9442ae660c3b5475cb1f8c98d1e28960e159e7afcfb9
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