CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. F:378
UNDER COLOR OF HIS [HER] OFFICIAL AUTHORITY (OBSTRUCTING A PEACE OFFICER)
A peace officer acts “under color of his [her] official authority” if, in
the regular course of assigned duties, he [she] makes a judgment in good
faith based on surrounding facts and circumstances that he [she] must act
to enforce the law or preserve the peace.
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
f53bed17b4e8b9d8c95760ab343e9dac5a815f110eec3ac40cc9fb2c2c78a84f
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