CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 9-3:33
MISUSE OF AN AUTOMATED DIALING SYSTEM
The elements of the crime of misuse of an automated dialing system
are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. utilized an automated dialing system with a prerecorded
message,
4. for the purpose of soliciting another person to purchase goods
or services, whether such solicitation occurred or was intended
to occur during the prerecorded message or during some
further communication initiated by or resulting from the
prerecorded message, and
5. there was no existing business relationship between such
persons, or, if there was an existing business relationship, the
person being called did not then consent to hear the
prerecorded message.
[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 misuse of an automated dialing system.
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 misuse of an automated dialing
system.
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
d56663be8c9eb021821c847331cbfcb9655053dd6c328269d6e7e6f05bf60400
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