WPIC 135.29 Animal Cruelty—Mutilating An Animal—Definition
11A WAPRAC WPIC 135.29Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
11A Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 135.29 (5th Ed)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
January 2024 Update
Part XIII. Miscellaneous Crimes
WPIC CHAPTER 135. Animal Cruelty
WPIC 135.29 Animal Cruelty—Mutilating An Animal—Definition
A person commits the crime of mutilating an animal if he or she intentionally mutilates an animal in furtherance of an animal fighting offence.
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—Format). Use only the bracketed paragraphs that are applicable to the particular case.
With this instruction, use WPIC 10.01 (Intent—Intentionally—Definition), WPIC 135.25 (Animal Cruelty—Animal—Definition), and WPIC 135.26 (Animal Cruelty—Animal Fighting—Definition).
COMMENT
RCW 16.52.117(2)(b). The statute defines this as an aggravated form of the crime of animal fighting. See Comment to WPIC 135.30 (Animal Cruelty—Mutilating an Animal—Elements).
This instruction is new for this edition.
[Current as of January 2020.]
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