COLJI-Crim. 8-1:05

The elements of the crime of obstructing a [peace officer] [firefighter]

[emergency medical services provider] [rescue specialist] [volunteer] are:

1. That the defendant,

2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,

3. knowingly,

4. by using or threatening to use violence, force, physical

interference, or an obstacle,

5. obstructed, impaired, or hindered,

6. the enforcement of the penal law or the preservation of the

peace by a peace officer, acting under color of his [her] official

authority; the prevention, control, or abatement of fire by a

firefighter, acting under color of his [her] official authority; the

administration of medical treatment or emergency assistance by

an emergency medical service provider or rescue specialist,

acting under color of his [her] official authority; or the

administration of emergency care or emergency assistance by a

volunteer, acting in good faith to render such care or assistance

without compensation at the place of an emergency or accident.

[7. 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 obstructing a [peace officer] [firefighter]

[emergency medical services provider] [rescue specialist] [volunteer].

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 obstructing a [peace officer]

[firefighter] [emergency medical services provider] [rescue specialist]

[volunteer].