WPIC 45.15 Facility for Persons with a Mental Disorder—Definition
11 WAPRAC WPIC 45.15Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
11 Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 45.15 (5th Ed)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
January 2024 Update
Part VII. Sex Crimes
WPIC CHAPTER 45. Sex Offenses—Definitions
WPIC 45.15 Facility for Persons with a Mental Disorder—Definition
A “facility for persons with a mental disorder” is one that provides care or treatment for persons with organic, mental, or emotional impairments that have substantial adverse effects on their cognitive or volitional functions.
NOTE ON USE
This instruction may be used with other sex offense instructions that use the term “facility for mentally disordered persons.” See WPIC 41.02 (Rape—Second Degree—Elements); WPIC 49.02 (Indecent Liberties—Elements).
COMMENT
RCW 9A.44.010(12); RCW 71.05.020.
For purposes of second degree rape and indecent liberties, the term “person with a mental disorder” is defined in RCW 9A.44.010(12), which in turn relies on the definition of “mental disorder” from RCW 71.05.020.
[Current as of March 2020.]
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