CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 5-2:12
ISSUING A FALSE FINANCIAL STATEMENT (MAKING OR UTTERING)
The elements of the crime of issuing a false financial statement
(making or uttering) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. with intent,
4. to defraud,
5. knowingly,
6. made or uttered a written instrument which purported to
describe the financial condition or ability to pay of himself
[herself] or another person, and
7. which was false in some material respect and reasonably relied
upon.
[8. 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 issuing a false financial statement (making or
uttering).
After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has
failed to prove any one or more elements beyond a reasonable doubt, you
should find the defendant not guilty of issuing a false financial statement
(making or uttering).
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
6e505603100f0bbd952ad1ca5cb22209d9259655381c806bc670e1a6b64e4621
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