CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 5-5:01
FAILURE TO PAY OVER ASSIGNED ACCOUNTS
The elements of the crime of failure to pay over assigned accounts
are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. willfully and wrongfully,
4. was, under the terms of an assignment of an account, as that
term is defined in these instructions, an assignor who was
permitted to collect the proceeds from the debtor to pay over
any proceeds to the assignee, and
5. after collection of the proceeds,
6. failed to pay over the proceeds to the assignee.
[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 failure to pay over assigned accounts.
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 failure to pay over assigned
accounts.
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
bfd30f713e73a0b978ceab88b08b0202297d87658040b0db127cbc862c6988fb
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