WPIC 120.10 Rendering Criminal Assistance—First Degree—Definition
11A WAPRAC WPIC 120.10Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
11A Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 120.10 (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 120.10 Rendering Criminal Assistance—First Degree—Definition
A person commits the crime of rendering criminal assistance in the first degree when he or she renders criminal assistance to a person whom he or she knows [has committed] [or] [is being sought for] (fill in the blank with the applicable charge from the information).
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).
For a discussion of the language to insert in the blank line, see the Comment to WPIC 120.11 (Rendering Criminal Assistance—First Degree—Elements). If the blank line is filled in with a named felony, then it may be necessary to instruct the jury on the felony's elements.
COMMENT
RCW 9A.76.070.
For a discussion of this instruction, including as to the insertion of language in the instruction's blank line, see the Comment to WPIC 120.11 (Rendering Criminal Assistance—First Degree—Elements).
[Current as of September 2019.]
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