CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 9-3:15
ABUSE OF TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SERVICE (IMPERSONATING ANOTHER)
The elements of the crime of abuse of telephone and telegraph service
(impersonating another) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. with the intent,
4. to use, destroy, or detain a message directed to another person,
5. impersonated such person, and thereby procured the delivery
to himself [herself] of the message directed to such person.
[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 abuse of telephone and telegraph service
(impersonating another).
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 abuse of telephone and
telegraph service (impersonating another).
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
e8ac215df68037e01febb629f7c044769828d10cdfbb642a6aa3ae2fb72fb86c
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