CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 5-2:17
INSURANCE FRAUD (APPLICATION)
The elements of the crime of insurance fraud (application) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. with an intent,
4. to defraud,
5. presented or caused to be presented in written, verbal, or
digital form an application or request for the issuance,
modification, or renewal of an insurance policy, which
application or request, or documentation in support of such
application or request, contained false material information or
withheld material information that was requested by the
insurer and resulted in the issuance of an insurance policy or
insurance coverage for the applicant or another.
[6. 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 insurance fraud (application).
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 insurance fraud (application).
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
139b163de71143471761fdd1021cce2e95bf5b57e9c2f71f1d226c34c3a25667
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