CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 8-6:12
SIMULATING LEGAL PROCESS
The elements of the crime of simulating legal process are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. delivered or caused to be delivered to another,
5. a request for the payment of money on behalf of any creditor
including himself [herself] which in form and substance
simulated any legal process issued by any court of this state.
[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 simulating legal process.
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 simulating legal process.
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
5dfa94f1f0be2d75287808bc899a4b7a0421f8b4a0fd55f403ce7776c9ab3a9f
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