CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. G2:09
CRIMINAL SOLICITATION
The elements of the crime of criminal solicitation are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. with intent to promote or facilitate the commission of [insert
name of offense here, which must be a felony],
4. under circumstances that strongly corroborate that intent,
[5. commanded, induced, entreated, or otherwise attempted to
persuade another person,]
[5. offered his [her] services or another’s services to a third party,]
6. to commit [insert name of the offense here, which must be a
felony].
[7. 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 criminal solicitation.
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 criminal solicitation.
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
9bdb0f71803b194a4d212cc3ae8f20b9e6f5e0c229101c398c394b7dd5891420
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