CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 9-3:23
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CRIME (ILLEGAL EQUIPMENT)
The elements of telecommunications crime (illegal equipment) are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. knowingly,
4. made, possessed, or used illegal telecommunications
equipment, and
5. did not use cloning equipment to create a cloned cellular
phone.
[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 telecommunications crime (illegal equipment).
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 telecommunications crime
(illegal equipment).
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
6a43d0de6ab68879141f37185c6c509555a2059a19a80acce1264b12768f7e84
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