CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 9-1:26
INTERFERENCE WITH STAFF, FACULTY, OR STUDENTS OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (CREDIBLE THREAT)
The elements of the crime of interference with staff, faculty, or
students of educational institutions (credible threat) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. made or conveyed to another person a credible threat to cause
death, or to cause bodily injury with a deadly weapon,
5. against a person the defendant knew or believed to be a
student, school official, employee of an educational institution,
or an invitee who was on the premises of an educational
institution.
[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 interference with staff, faculty, or students of
educational institutions (credible threat).
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 interference with staff, faculty,
or students of educational institution (credible threat).
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
bca1e7a97b17f3cee65676e484bcc4347288dcbc1a70c536561528b1d531742a
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