CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 9-1:09
DISOBEDIENCE OF A PUBLIC SAFETY ORDER UNDER RIOT CONDITIONS
The elements of the crime of disobedience of a public safety order
under riot conditions are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. during a riot or when a riot was impending,
5. disobeyed a reasonable public safety order to move, disperse,
or refrain from specified activities in the immediate vicinity of
the riot.
[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 disobedience of a public safety order under riot
conditions.
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 disobedience of a public safety
order under riot conditions.
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
a3d0ffefbfcdf3ffcf4900973c37e013807135dedc8dbde71b9bf74198ead040
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