CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 8-1:02
RESISTING ARREST (FORCE OR VIOLENCE)
The elements of the crime of resisting arrest (force or violence) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. prevented or attempted to prevent a peace officer, acting under
color of his [her] official authority, from effecting an arrest of
the defendant or another,
5. by using or threatening to use physical force or violence against
the peace officer or another.
[6. 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 resisting arrest (force or violence).
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 resisting arrest (force or
violence).
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
747aa70b61316ef9f4263c21055cbc499db386faaf74dbbad7943195a9799524
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