WPIC 135.01 Animal Cruelty—First Degree—Definition
11A WAPRAC WPIC 135.01Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
11A Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 135.01 (5th Ed)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
January 2024 Update
Part XIII. Miscellaneous Crimes
WPIC CHAPTER 135. Animal Cruelty
WPIC 135.01 Animal Cruelty—First Degree—Definition
[A person commits the crime of first degree animal cruelty when he or she knowingly:
[(1)] [engages in any sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal] [or]
[(2)] [causes, aids, or abets another person to engage in any sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal] [or]
[(3)] [permits any sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal to be conducted on any premises under his or her charge or control] [or]
[(4)] [[engages in] [organizes] [promotes] [conducts] [advertises] [aids] [abets] [participates in as an observer] [or] [performs any service in the furtherance of an act involving] any sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal for a commercial or recreational purpose] [or]
[(5)] [photographs or films, for purposes of sexual gratification, a person engaged in a sexual act or sexual contact with an animal].]
[A person [also] commits the crime of first degree animal cruelty when, except as authorized by law, he or she intentionally:
[(1)] [inflicts substantial pain on an animal] [or]
[(2)] [causes physical injury to an animal] [or]
[(3)] [kills an animal by [a means causing undue suffering] [or] [while manifesting an extreme indifference to life]] [or]
[(4)] [forces a minor to inflict unnecessary pain, injury, or death on an animal].]
[A person [also] commits the crime of first degree animal cruelty when, except as authorized by law, he or she, with criminal negligence, [starves] [dehydrates] [or] [suffocates] an animal and as a result causes:
[(1)] [substantial and unjustifiable physical pain that extends for a period sufficient to cause considerable suffering] [or]
[(2)] [death].]
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. See the Comment to WPIC 4.24 (Definition of the Crime—Form).
Use bracketed material as applicable.
With this instruction, use WPIC 135.25 (Animal Cruelty—Animal—Definition). Also use as applicable, WPIC 135.02 (Animal Cruelty—First Degree—Sexual Conduct or Contact—Definition).
COMMENT
RCW 16.52.205.
This instruction is new for this edition.
[Current as of December 2019.]
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