CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 9-3:06
WIRETAPPING (APPARATUS)
The elements of the crime of wiretapping (apparatus) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. was not a sender or intended receiver of a telephone or
telegraph communication, and
4. knowingly,
[5. used any apparatus to unlawfully do, or cause to be done,
[insert the relevant wiretapping crime].]
[5. aided, authorized, agreed with, employed, permitted, or
intentionally conspired with any person to commit [insert the
relevant wiretapping crime].]
[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 wiretapping (apparatus).
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 wiretapping (apparatus).
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
b4dd867cc050a3c6bbd9b847a80d5c548ff6cb763b605d4bdfdfec3777fa6024
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