CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 5-9:02
IDENTITY THEFT (POSSESSION)
The elements of the crime of identity theft (possession) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. possessed the personal identifying information, financial
identifying information, or financial device of another,
5. without permission or lawful authority, and
6. with the intent,
7. to use or to aid or permit some other person to use such
information or device to obtain cash, credit, property, services,
or any other thing of value or to make a financial payment.
[8. 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 identity theft (possession).
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 identity theft (possession).
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
68b6cb2d36f8822cd7759dff54121c680c798eb755cf96cfc6f52beee8761964
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