CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 5-9:10.INT
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF AN IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT—INTERROGATORY (DIFFERENT PERSONS)
If you find the defendant not guilty of criminal possession of an
identification document, you should disregard this instruction and sign the
verdict form to indicate your not guilty verdict.
If, however, you find the defendant guilty of criminal possession of
an identification document, you should sign the verdict form to indicate
your finding of guilt, and answer the following verdict question on the
verdict form:
Did the defendant possess documents of different persons? (Answer
“Yes” or “No”)
The defendant possessed documents of different persons only if:
1. the defendant possessed two or more identification documents,
2. of which at least two were issued to different persons.
The prosecution has the burden to prove each numbered condition
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
- Content hash
f741508f6a6547d1f23b6dba646a72e0fc929098f701fcdcae70d77e8b5aa5f7
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