CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 8-1:08
ACCESSORY TO CRIME
The elements of the crime of accessory to crime are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. with intent,
4. to hinder, delay, or prevent the discovery, detection,
apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of
another for the commission of a crime,
5. rendered assistance to the other person.
[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 accessory to crime.
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 accessory to crime.
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
30f44babcf92bf1ba3d462d063ec7ae96a7a0ed4a02ce2e27247bc2595a87bfb
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