CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 8-8:06
FAILURE TO INTERVENE IN USE OF KETAMINE
The elements of the crime of failure to intervene in use of ketamine
are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. was a peace officer, and
4. did not intervene to prevent or stop another peace officer from
using or directing the use of ketamine in pursuance of the other
peace officer’s law enforcement duties, and
[5. such duties involved effecting an arrest, detention, restraint,
transport, or punishment.]
[5. such duties involved preventing an escape from custody.]
[5. such duties involved facilitating ease and convenience in law
enforcement encounters.]
[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 failure to intervene in use of ketamine.
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 failure to intervene in use of
ketamine.
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
207eb6c5c31d8f17016cca2c0144018c40c6a30d3f012615f0e7a4dc94bf47ad
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