CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 8-7:09
RETALIATION AGAINST A JUROR
The elements of the crime of retaliation against a juror are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. used a threat, an act constituting the crime of harassment, or an
act of harm or injury upon any person or property,
4. directed to, or committed upon, a juror who had served for a
criminal or civil trial involving the defendant or a person or
persons on whose behalf the defendant was acting, a member
of the juror’s family, an individual in close relationship to the
juror, or an individual residing in the same household with the
juror,
5. as retaliation or retribution against the juror.
[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 retaliation against a juror.
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 retaliation against a juror.
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
74015f3d0ad5f237b3ed4be355963a43701eb49afb68bfdec4f50a467266210c
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