WPIC 120.04.01 Making a False or Misleading Statement to a Public Servant—Material—Definition
11A WAPRAC WPIC 120.04.01Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
11A Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 120.04.01 (5th Ed)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
January 2024 Update
Part XIII. Miscellaneous Crimes
WPIC CHAPTER 120. Obstructing Governmental Operation
WPIC 120.04.01 Making a False or Misleading Statement to a Public Servant—Material—Definition
A material statement is a written or oral statement reasonably likely to be relied upon by a public servant in the discharge of his or her official powers or duties.
NOTE ON USE
Use this instruction with WPIC 120.04 (Making a False or Misleading Statement to a Public Servant—Elements).
COMMENT
RCW 9A.76.175. See the Comment to WPIC 120.04 (Making a False or Misleading Statement to a Public Servant—Elements).
In State v. Godsey, 131 Wn.App. 278, 290–91, 127 P.3d 11 (2006), the court held that materiality under this statute does not require actual reliance. The statute requires only that the person making the statement knows that the public servant is reasonably likely to rely on the statement.
[Current as of September 2019.]
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