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WPIC 135.02 Animal Cruelty—First Degree—Sexual Conduct or Contact—Definition

11A WAPRAC WPIC 135.02Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal

11A Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 135.02 (5th Ed)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
January 2024 Update
Washington State Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions
Part XIII. Miscellaneous Crimes
WPIC CHAPTER 135. Animal Cruelty
WPIC 135.02 Animal Cruelty—First Degree—Sexual Conduct or Contact—Definition
[“Sexual conduct” means any of the following, if done for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal of a person:
[(1)] [touching or fondling by the person, [either directly or through clothing,] of the sex organs or anus of an animal] [or]
[(2)] [transfer or transmission of semen by the person upon any part of the animal].]
[“Sexual contact” means any of the following, if done for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal of a person:
[(1)] [contact, however slight, between the mouth, sex organ, or anus of the person and the sex organ or anus of an animal] [or]
[(2)] [intrusion, however slight, of any part of the body of the person into the sex organ or anus of an animal] [or]
[(3)] [any intrusion of the sex organ or anus of the person into the mouth of the animal].]
NOTE ON USE
Use this instruction with WPIC 135.03 (Animal Cruelty—First Degree—Sexual Conduct with Animal—Elements). Also use as appropriate with WPIC 135.01 (Animal Cruelty—First Degree—Definition).
Use bracketed material as appropriate.
COMMENT
The first paragraph is based on RCW 16.52.205(8)(b). The second paragraph is based on RCW 16.52.205(8)(c).
This instruction is new for this edition.
[Current as of December 2019.]
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