CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 9-1:22
TARGETED RESIDENTIAL PICKETING (SIGN OR PLACARD)
The elements of the crime of targeted residential picketing (sign or
placard) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. engaged in targeted picketing, and
4. held, carried, or otherwise displayed on his [her] person a sign
or placard that was greater in size than six square feet, or more
than one sign or placard,
5. while he [she] was on a street or sidewalk in a residential area,
and
6. had previously been ordered by a peace officer or law
enforcement official to move, disperse, or take other
appropriate action, by means of a warning that included an
indication of the necessary conditions for signs or placards, and
7. failed to promptly comply with the warning.
[8. 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 targeted residential picketing (sign or placard).
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 targeted residential picketing
(sign or placard).
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
7c68453c64927c9cf5f9adf332821d8762b2ce06617e292c86e4ae62e979c53c
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