CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 5-7:02.INT
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION DEVICE—INTERROGATORY (VALUE)
If you find the defendant not guilty of unauthorized use of a financial
transaction device, you should disregard this instruction and sign the
verdict form to indicate your not guilty verdict.
If, however, you find the defendant guilty of unauthorized use of a
financial transaction device, you should sign the verdict form to indicate
your finding of guilt, and answer the following verdict questions on the
verdict form. Although you may answer “No” to more than one question,
you may not answer “Yes” to more than one question. Further, if you
answer “Yes” to any question, you should not answer the other questions.
1. Was the value of the cash, credit, property, or services obtained
or of the financial payments made by unauthorized use of a
single financial transaction device within a six-month period
from the date of the first unauthorized use less than three
hundred dollars? (Answer “Yes” or “No”)
2. Was the value of the cash, credit, property, or services obtained
or of the financial payments made by unauthorized use of a
single financial transaction device within a six-month period
from the date of the first unauthorized use three hundred
dollars or more but less than one thousand dollars? (Answer
“Yes” or “No”)
[3. Was the value of the cash, credit, property, or services obtained
or of the financial payments made by unauthorized use of a
single financial transaction device within a six-month period
from the date of the first unauthorized use one thousand
dollars or more but less than two thousand dollars? (Answer
“Yes” or “No”)]
[4. Was the value of the cash, credit, property, or services obtained
or of the financial payments made by unauthorized use of a
single financial transaction device within a six-month period
from the date of the first unauthorized use two thousand
dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars? (Answer
“Yes” or “No”)]
[5. Was the value of the cash, credit, property, or services obtained
or of the financial payments made by unauthorized use of a
single financial transaction device within a six-month period
from the date of the first unauthorized use five thousand
dollars or more but less than twenty thousand dollars? (Answer
“Yes” or “No”)]
[6. Was the value of the cash, credit, property, or services obtained
or of the financial payments made by unauthorized use of a
single financial transaction device within a six-month period
from the date of the first unauthorized use twenty thousand
dollars or more but less than one hundred thousand dollars?
(Answer “Yes” or “No”)]
[7. Was the value of the cash, credit, property, or services obtained
or of the financial payments made by unauthorized use of a
single financial transaction device within a six-month period
from the date of the first unauthorized use one hundred
thousand dollars or more but less than one million dollars?
(Answer “Yes” or “No”)]
[8. Was the value of the cash, credit, property, or services obtained
or of the financial payments made by unauthorized use of a
single financial transaction device within a six-month period
from the date of the first unauthorized use one million dollars
or more? (Answer “Yes” or “No”)]
The prosecution has the burden to prove the value of the thing
involved beyond a reasonable doubt.
After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has
met this burden, you should mark “Yes” in the appropriate place, and have
the foreperson sign the designated line of the verdict form.
After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has
failed to meet this burden, you should mark “No” in the appropriate place,
and have the foreperson sign the designated line of the verdict form.
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
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