WPIC 77.12 Possessing a Stolen Firearm—Definition
11A WAPRAC WPIC 77.12Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
11A Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 77.12 (5th Ed)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
January 2024 Update
Part IX. Crimes Against Property
WPIC CHAPTER 77. Possessing Stolen Property
WPIC 77.12 Possessing a Stolen Firearm—Definition
A person commits the crime of possessing a stolen firearm when he or she possesses, carries, delivers, sells, or is in control of a stolen firearm.
Possessing a stolen firearm means knowingly to receive, retain, possess, conceal, or dispose of a stolen firearm knowing that it has been stolen and to withhold or appropriate the same to the use of any person other than the true owner or person entitled thereto.
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).
With this instruction, use WPIC 2.10 (Firearm—Definition as Element), WPIC 10.02 (Knowledge—Knowingly—Definition), and WPIC 79.08 (Stolen—Definition).
COMMENT
RCW 9A.56.310; RCW 9A.56.140.
See the Comment to WPIC 77.13 (Possessing a Stolen Firearm—Elements).
[Current as of January 2019.]
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