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WPIC 50.15 Sale of Controlled Substance—Definition

11 WAPRAC WPIC 50.15Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal

11 Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 50.15 (5th Ed)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
January 2024 Update
Washington State Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions
Part VIII. Drugs and Controlled Substances
WPIC CHAPTER 50. Uniform Controlled Substances Act
WPIC 50.15 Sale of Controlled Substance—Definition
It is a crime for any person to sell a controlled substance for profit that the person knows to be a controlled substance [except as authorized by law].
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 this instruction only for those controlled substances to which it applies. See Comment to WPIC 50.16 (Sale of a Controlled Substance—Elements). Use WPIC 50.50 (Controlled Substance—Definition) with this instruction. Use WPIC 10.02 (Knowledge—Knowingly—Definition) and WPIC 50.17 (Sell/Price/For Profit—Definition) with this instruction.
Use the bracketed words “except as authorized by law” and WPIC 52.03 (Delivery/Manufacture/Sale of Controlled Substance Authorized by Law) if the defense is raised.
COMMENT
RCW 69.50.410(1).
See the Comment to WPIC 50.16 (Sale of Controlled Substance—Elements).
[Current as of November 2019.]
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