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WPIC 120.12 Rendering Criminal Assistance—Third Degree—Definition

11A WAPRAC WPIC 120.12Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal

11A Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 120.12 (5th Ed)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
January 2024 Update
Washington State Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions
Part XIII. Miscellaneous Crimes
WPIC CHAPTER 120. Obstructing Governmental Operation
WPIC 120.12 Rendering Criminal Assistance—Third Degree—Definition
A person commits the crime of rendering criminal assistance in the third degree when he or she renders criminal assistance to a person whom he or she knows has committed (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).
With this instruction use WPIC 120.16 (“Renders Criminal Assistance”—Definition of Term) and WPIC 10.02 (Knowledge—Knowingly—Definition).
Fill in the blank line with the misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor that is charged in the information. It may be necessary to define the misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor by telling the jury what elements are necessary to constitute that crime.
COMMENT
RCW 9A.76.090 and RCW 9A.76.050.
See Comment to WPIC 120.13 (Rendering Criminal Assistance—Third Degree—Elements).
[Current as of September 2019.]
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