CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 8-8:08
FALSE REPORTING TO AUTHORITIES (KETAMINE USE)
The elements of the crime of false reporting to authorities (ketamine
use) 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. knowingly,
5. made a materially false statement that [he] [she] did not believe
to be true,
6. in a report made to the Peace Officers Standards and Training
board regarding another peace officer’s use or directed use of
ketamine.
[7. 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 false reporting to authorities (ketamine use).
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 false reporting to authorities
(ketamine use).
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
467a92c5a0d1cbfbffb446e15432f722d5f51bac936d582f5363b4ef5566f501
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