CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 42:46
INSTALLING OBJECT IN LIEU OF AIR BAG
The elements of the crime of installing object in lieu of air bag are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. was an employee of a motor vehicle repair facility, and
4. installed or reinstalled, as part of a vehicle inflatable restraint
system,
5. any device that caused the motor vehicle’s diagnostic systems
to fail to warn that,
[6. the motor vehicle was equipped with a counterfeit
supplemental restraint system component.]
[6. the motor vehicle was equipped with a nonfunctional airbag.]
[6. no airbag was installed.]
[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 installing object in lieu of air bag.
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 installing object in lieu of air
bag.
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
dd77437112266b1059565a3816ade03c38d5ef9cb71b2a650fb8e34a82b41c06
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