CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 5-5:05
FAILURE TO PAY OVER PROCEEDS
The elements of the crime of failure to pay over proceeds are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. gave a security interest in personal property, and
4. retained possession of that property, and
5. according to the terms creating such security interest, was
required to account to the secured creditor for the proceeds of
any sale or disposition of the encumbered property, and
6. willfully and wrongfully failed to pay to the secured creditor
the amounts due from the sale or disposition.
[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 proceeds.
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 failure to pay over proceeds.
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
4f128a26d8e160db3e627e3ffbd164e159ee665891eb329a1121919269204278
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