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WPIC 39.15 Unlawful Imprisonment—Definition

11 WAPRAC WPIC 39.15Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal

11 Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 39.15 (5th Ed)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
January 2024 Update
Washington State Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions
Part VI. Crimes Against Personal Security
WPIC CHAPTER 39. Kidnapping, Unlawful Imprisonment and Custodial Interference
WPIC 39.15 Unlawful Imprisonment—Definition
A person commits the crime of unlawful imprisonment when he or she knowingly restrains the movements of another person in a manner that substantially interferes with the other person's liberty, if the restraint is without legal authority and [without the other person's consent, and the person knows that the restraint is [without legal authority and] without the other person's consent.
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 the bracketed language only if facts exist to suggest that the defendant had a good faith belief that he or she had legal authority. State v. Dillon, 12 Wn.App.2d 133, 141–43, 456 P.3d 1199 (2020).
Use WPIC 10.02 (Knowledge—Knowingly—Definition) and WPIC 39.17 (Unlawful Imprisonment—“Without Consent”—Definition) with this instruction.
COMMENT
RCW 9A.40.040.
This instruction has been revised for this edition to reflect the holdings in State v. Johnson, 180 Wn.2d 295, 303, 325 P.3d 135 (2014) and State v. Dillon, 12 Wn.App.2d 133, 143 n.1, 456 P.3d 1199 (2020). See Comment to WPIC 39.16 (Unlawful Imprisonment—Elements).
[Current as of June 2020.]
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