CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 9-1:50
ENDANGERING UTILITY TRANSMISSION
The elements of the crime of endangering utility transmission are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. with intent,
4. tampered with a facility of utility transmission,
5. to cause any damage, malfunction, nonfunction, theft, or
unauthorized removal of material,
6. which would interrupt performance of utility transmission or
result in a creation of a substantial risk of death or serious
bodily injury to anyone.
[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 endangering utility transmission.
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 endangering utility
transmission.
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
47c3b5c60d265e54ca30bc37192a61fec4643ecbb136e247d170c28ba4faf5c7
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