CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 8-5:02.SP
PERJURY IN THE FIRST DEGREE—SPECIAL INSTRUCTION (KNOWLEDGE OF MATERIALITY NOT AN ELEMENT; MISTAKEN BELIEF NOT A DEFENSE)
Knowledge of the materiality of the statement is not an element of
perjury in the first degree, and a mistaken belief that the statement was not
material is not a defense.
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
9cc2cb3fa115bed62b06d25d39d01f7ea6bfeb63cc17373e1990492dcff586ec
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