CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 9-1:70
ENGAGING IN PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES NEAR A HEALTH CARE FACILITY
The elements of the crime of prohibited activities near a health care
facility are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. approached to within eight feet of another person,
5. without that person’s consent,
6. for the purpose of passing a leaflet or handbill to, displaying a
sign to, or engaging in oral protest, education, or counseling
with that person,
7. in the public way or sidewalk area within a radius of one
hundred feet from any entrance door to a health care facility.
[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 prohibited activities near a health care facility.
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 prohibited activities near a
health care facility.
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
e1eae360ec5113b55267f32943d9a8a0aade07c13029d12097fa164fefb665ec
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