WPIC 94.01 Attempting to Elude a Police Vehicle—Definition
11A WAPRAC WPIC 94.01Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
11A Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 94.01 (5th Ed)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
January 2024 Update
Part XI. Crimes Involving Operation of Motor Vehicles
WPIC CHAPTER 94. Attempting to Elude a Police Vehicle
WPIC 94.01 Attempting to Elude a Police Vehicle—Definition
A person commits the crime of attempting to elude a police vehicle when [he] [she] willfully fails or refuses to bring [his] [her] vehicle to a stop after being given a visual or audible signal to bring the vehicle to a stop by a police officer, and while attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle [he] [she] drives [his] [her] vehicle in a reckless manner.
A signal to stop given by a police officer may be by hand, voice, emergency light, or siren. The police officer giving such a signal must be in uniform and the officer's vehicle must be equipped with lights and siren.
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 WPIC 90.05 (Reckless Manner—Disregard for Safety of Others—Definition—Ordinary Negligence Distinguished) with this instruction.
COMMENT
RCW 46.61.024.
See the Comment to WPIC 94.02 (Attempting to Elude a Police Vehicle—Elements).
The attempting to elude statute was rewritten by Laws 2003, Chapter 101, section 1 (effective July 27, 2003). For a discussion of the 2003 amendment and the resulting changes for this instruction, see the Comment to WPIC 94.02 (Attempting to Elude a Police Vehicle—Elements).
[Current as of February 2020.]
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