CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 9-1:16
OBSTRUCTING A HIGHWAY OR OTHER PASSAGEWAY (ACT)
The elements of the crime of obstructing a highway or other
passageway (act) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly,
4. without legal privilege,
5. obstructed a highway, street, sidewalk, railway, waterway,
building entrance, elevator, aisle, stairway, or hallway to which
the public or a substantial group of the public had access, or
any other place used for the passage of persons, vehicles, or
conveyances, and
6. the obstruction arose from the defendant’s acts alone, or the
acts of the defendant and the acts of others.
[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 obstructing a highway or other passageway (act).
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 obstructing a highway or other
passageway (act).
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
41e1fc82fc511ca4e85a2f431606e895fd23fefc0123b6cd56e61437b7a0888c
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