CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 5-2:23
INSURANCE FRAUD (FALSE INFORMATION)
The elements of the crime of insurance fraud (false information) 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. made, altered, presented, or caused to be presented a certificate
or other evidence of the existence of insurance in any form that
contained false material information or omitted material
information.
[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 (false information).
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 (false
information).
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
eb9f47a54181abfd1de2b380fd4f8320ead86aa4dc44ddb94d5a46246f269cc2
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