WPIC 115.11 Requesting Unlawful Compensation—Elements
11A WAPRAC WPIC 115.11Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
11A Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 115.11 (5th Ed)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
January 2024 Update
Part XIII. Miscellaneous Crimes
WPIC CHAPTER 115. Bribery And Corrupt Influence
WPIC 115.11 Requesting Unlawful Compensation—Elements
To convict the defendant of the crime of requesting unlawful compensation, each of the following elements of the crime must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) That on or about (date), the defendant requested a pecuniary benefit for the performance of an official action;
(2) That the defendant was a public servant;
(3) That the defendant knew that he or she was required to perform that action without compensation or at a level of compensation lower than that requested; and
(4) That this act occurred in the State of Washington.
If you find from the evidence that each of these elements has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, then it will be your duty to return a verdict of guilty.
On the other hand, if, after weighing all the evidence, you have a reasonable doubt as to any one of these elements, then it will be your duty to return a verdict of not guilty.
NOTE ON USE
With this instruction, use WPIC 10.02 (Knowledge—Knowingly—Definition), WPIC 2.02 (Benefit—Definition), WPIC 2.11 (Government—Definition), WPIC 2.17 (Pecuniary Benefit—Definition), and WPIC 2.22 (Public Servant—Definition).
For a discussion of the phrase “this act” in element (4), see WPIC 4.20 (Introduction) and the Note on Use to WPIC 4.21 (Elements of the Crime—Form).
COMMENT
RCW 9A.68.020.
[Current as of September 2019.]
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