CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 5-9:12
POSSESSION OF IDENTITY THEFT TOOLS
The elements of the crime of possession of identity theft tools are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. possessed any tools, equipment, computer, computer network,
scanner, printer, or other article adapted, designed, or
commonly used for committing or facilitating the commission
of the crime of identity theft, and
4. intended to use the thing possessed, or knew that a person
intended to use the thing possessed, in the commission of the
crime of identity theft.
[5. 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 possession of identity theft tools.
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 possession of identity theft
tools.
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
c9c4564313b2bd8dc0ba00bef83a9b02592ce4f6a3dd6a7c23f8b75a6748cac7
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