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Colorado Jury Instructions, Criminal (2023) CHAPTER F: DEFINITIONS F:332: SERIOUS BODILY INJURY “Serious bodily injury” means bodily injury which, either at the time of the actual injury or at a later time, involves a substantial risk of death, a substantial risk of serious permanent disfigurement, a substantial risk of protracted loss or impairment of the […]

Colorado Jury Instructions, Criminal (2023) CHAPTER F: DEFINITIONS F:114: DWELLING “Dwelling” means a building which is used, intended to be used, or usually used by a person for habitation. [“Dwelling” does not include any place of habitation in a detention facility.] [230531]

Colorado Jury Instructions, Criminal (2023) CHAPTER F: DEFINITIONS F:88: DEADLY WEAPON [“Deadly weapon” means a firearm, whether loaded or unloaded.] [“Deadly weapon” means a knife, bludgeon, or any other weapon, device, instrument, material, or substance, whether animate or inanimate, that, in the manner it is used or intended to be used, is capable of producing

Colorado Jury Instructions, Criminal (2023) CHAPTER F: DEFINITIONS F:87: DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE “Deadly physical force” means force, the intended, natural, and probable consequence of which is to produce death, and which does, in fact, produce death. COMMENT 1. See § 18-1-901(3)(d), C.R.S. 2022. 2. See People v. Opana, 2017 CO 56, PP 9-17, 395 P.3d

Colorado Jury Instructions, Criminal {2023) CHAPTER F: DEFINITIONS F:36: BODILY INJURY (GENERAL DEFINITION) “Bodily injury” means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical or mental condition. COMMENT 1. See § 18-1-901(3)(c), C.R.S. 2022. 2. See People v. Hines, 572 P.2d 467, 470 (Colo. 1977) (“[t]o support a finding of bodily injury the prosecution must

Colorado Jury Instructions, Criminal (2023) CHAPTER H: DEFENSES SECTION I: DEFENSES THAT ARE GENERALLY APPLICABLE H:18: USE OF NON-DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE (DEFENSE OF PROPERTY) The evidence presented in this case has raised the affirmative defense of “physical force in defense of property,” as a defense to [insert name(s) of offense(s)]. The defendant was legally authorized

Colorado Jury Instructions, Criminal -(2023) CHAPTER H: DEFENSES SECTION I: DEFENSES THAT ARE GENERALLY APPLICABLE H:17: USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE (DEFENSE OF PREMISES) The evidence presented in this case has raised the affirmative defense of “deadly physical force in defense of premises,” as a defense to [insert name(s) of offense(s)]. The defendant was legally

Colorado Jury Instructions, Criminal (2023) CHAPTER H: DEFENSES SECTION I: DEFENSES THAT ARE GENERALLY APPLICABLE H:16: USE OF NON-DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE (DEFENSE OF PREMISES) The evidence presented in this case has raised the affirmative defense of “physical force in defense of premises,” as a defense to [insert name(s) of offense(s)]. The defendant was legally authorized

Colorado Jury Instructions, Criminal (2023) CHAPTER H: DEFENSES SECTION I: DEFENSES THAT ARE GENERALLY APPLICABLE H:15: USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE, INCLUDING DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE (INTRUDER INTO A DWELLING) The evidence presented in this case has raised the affirmative defense of “[deadly] physical force against an intruder,” as a defense to [insert name(s) of offense(s)]. The

Colorado Jury Instructions, Criminal (2023) CHAPTER H: DEFENSES SECTION I: DEFENSES THAT ARE GENERALLY APPLICABLE H:14: USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE (DEFENSE OF PERSON–OFFENSE WITH A MENS REA OF RECKLESSNESS, EXTREME INDIFFERENCE, OR CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE) The evidence presented in this case has raised the question of self-defense with respect to [insert name(s) of offense(s)]. A