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WPIC 49C.20 Refusal to Provide DNA as a Sex or Kidnapping Offender—Definition

11 WAPRAC WPIC 49C.20Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal

11 Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 49C.20 (5th Ed)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
January 2024 Update
Washington State Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions
Part VII. Sex Crimes
WPIC CHAPTER 49C. Failure to Register as a Sex or Kidnapping Offender for Crimes on or After July 22, 2011
WPIC 49C.20 Refusal to Provide DNA as a Sex or Kidnapping Offender—Definition
A person commits the crime of refusal to provide a DNA sample [as a [sex] [kidnapping] offender] when that person willfully refuses to comply with a lawful request for a DNA sample if at the time of the request the person was required to register in the State of Washington as a [sex] [kidnapping] offender, and the request resulted from the person's [requirement to register] [conviction in the State of Washington of (name of offense)].
NOTE ON USE
Use this instruction if it will help the jury understand the charged offense or if it is necessary to define this particular offense for the jury.
COMMENT
RCW 43.43.754(1)(b). See Comment to WPIC 49C.21 (Refusal to Provide a DNA Sample as a Sex or Kidnapping Offender—Elements).
[Current as of December 2018.]
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