COLJI-Crim. 8-4:04

The elements of the crime of official oppression (subjecting another to

mistreatment) are:

1. That the defendant,

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

3. was a public servant, and

4. while acting or purporting to act in an official capacity or

taking advantage of such actual or purported capacity,

5. with actual knowledge,

6. that his [her] conduct was illegal,

7. subjected another to arrest, detention, search, seizure,

mistreatment, dispossession, assessment, or lien.

[8. 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 official oppression (subjecting another to

mistreatment).

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 official oppression (subjecting

another to mistreatment).