Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee

Colorado Jury Instructions—Criminal (2025)

As part of its commitment to promote equal access to Colorado’s system of justice, the Colorado Supreme Court has published COLJI-Crim. (2025) on this website. The 2025 model jury instructions are available in the following formats:

PDF: click here
MS Word: click here

The 2025 edition was published online on February 25, 2026. For older versions of the instructions, see the links toward the bottom of the page. Please note that, due to the size of the files, it may take a moment for the documents to open.

For users who have questions about the instructions, they can reach out to the Committee via the following email address: mcjic@judicial.state.co.us

To access the latest version of the Reporter's Online Update, click here (last updated April 6, 2026)

List of authorization orders (click links to read):

To access Committee meeting minutes, click on the following links:

Users may still access the older versions of the instructions via the following links:

2024 (published February 7, 2025): PDF; MS Word
2023 (published February 23, 2024): PDF; MS Word
2022 (published January 27, 2023): PDF; MS Word
2021 (published March 4, 2022): PDF; MS Word
2020 (published March 29, 2021): PDF; MS Word
2019 (published February 27, 2020): PDF; MS Word
2018 (published January 23, 2019): PDF; MS Word
2017 (published January 19, 2018): PDF; MS Word
2016 (published January 27, 2017): PDF; MS Word
2015 (published January 28, 2016): PDF; MS Word
2014 (published September 3, 2014): PDF; MS Word

Individual PDF chapters of the 2008 pre-committee instructions are available at the following links: