CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 8-2:26.INT
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN A RIOT—INTERROGATORY (DEADLY WEAPON OR DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE)
If you find the defendant not guilty of active participation in a riot,
you should disregard this instruction and sign the verdict form to indicate
your not guilty verdict.
If, however, you find the defendant guilty of active participation in a
riot, you should sign the verdict form to indicate your finding of guilt, and
answer the following verdict question on the verdict form:
Did the defendant’s participation involve the use or represented use
of a deadly weapon or destructive device? (Answer “Yes” or “No”)
The defendant’s participation involved the use or represented use of
a deadly weapon or destructive device only if:
1. he [she] employed, in the course of such participation, a deadly
weapon, destructive device, or any article used or fashioned in
a manner to cause a person to reasonably believe that the article
was a deadly weapon, or, in the course of such participation, he
[she] represented verbally or otherwise that he [she] was armed
with a deadly weapon.
The prosecution has the burden to prove the numbered condition
beyond a reasonable doubt.
After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has
met this burden, you should mark “Yes” in the appropriate place, and have
the foreperson sign the designated line of the verdict form.
After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has
failed to meet this burden, you should mark “No” in the appropriate place,
and have the foreperson sign the designated line of the verdict form.
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
3fb1f4ccb793fdac092da1a9140ccd08257ebca1e1a2484e304d9e38b1635ed8
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