CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 9-2:18
FALSE REPORTING OF ANIMAL CRUELTY
The elements of the crime of false reporting of animal cruelty are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. made a false report of animal cruelty,
5. to a local law enforcement agency or to the state bureau of
animal protection.
[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 false reporting of animal cruelty.
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 false reporting of animal
cruelty.
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
90db8c1b7ecb3277abb2f4295219991d2c07f0839600e9a0d6ec466b65ec4bf3
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