CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 7-3:03
PUBLIC INDECENCY (LEWD FONDLING OR CARESS)
The elements of the crime of public indecency (lewd fondling or
caress) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. in a public place or where the conduct may reasonably have
been expected to be viewed by members of the public,
4. performed a lewd fondling or caress of the body of another
person.
[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 public indecency (lewd fondling or caress).
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 public indecency (lewd
fondling or caress).
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
84d776db95d56a243309246e05fe0890dbcba2cc4f6c3f4e23aca6682526386f
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