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WPIC 48.09 Patronizing a Prostitute—Definition

11 WAPRAC WPIC 48.09Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal

11 Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 48.09 (5th Ed)

Washington Practice Series TM

Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal

January 2024 Update

Washington State Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions

Part VII. Sex Crimes

WPIC CHAPTER 48. Prostitution

WPIC 48.09 Patronizing a Prostitute—Definition

A person commits the crime of patronizing a prostitute when

[he or she solicits or requests another person to engage in sexual conduct with him or her in return for a fee] [or]

[pursuant to a prior understanding he or she pays a fee to another person as compensation for that person or a third person having engaged in sexual conduct with him or her] [or]

[he or she pays or agrees to pay a fee to another person pursuant to an understanding that in return for the fee, the other person will engage in sexual conduct with him or her].

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. Use WPIC 48.12 (Sexual Conduct—Definition) with this instruction. For directions on the various ways to use the bracketed phrases, see WPIC 4.20 (Introduction).