CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 8-2:07
INTRODUCING CONTRABAND IN THE SECOND DEGREE (MAKING WHILE CONFINED)
The elements of the crime of introducing contraband in the second
degree (making while confined) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly and unlawfully,
4. while confined in a detention facility,
5. made any contraband.
[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 introducing contraband in the second degree
(making while confined).
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 introducing contraband in the
second degree (making while confined).
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
57304c70f4d3fdf3c9334fd445fd3f758b7819f0081d295ef8e5c80fb284af0b
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