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WPIC 133.07 Unlawful Delivery of a Firearm—Elements

11A WAPRAC WPIC 133.07Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal

11A Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 133.07 (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 133. Weapon Offenses
WPIC 133.07 Unlawful Delivery of a Firearm—Elements
To convict the defendant of the crime of unlawful delivery of a firearm, each of the following elements of the crime must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) That on or about (date), the defendant delivered a firearm to (insert name of another person);
(2) That the defendant had reasonable cause to believe that (insert name of the other person) was ineligible to possess a firearm because [he] [she] (insert provision from RCW 9.41.040 which would make possession unlawful for deliveree); and
(3) That the delivery occurred in the State of Washington.
If you find from the evidence that each of these elements has been proved beyond reasonable doubt, then it will be your duty to return a verdict of guilty.
On the other hand, if, after weighing all of 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
Use bracketed material as applicable.
For the insertion called for in element (2), use appropriate language drawn from WPIC 133.01 (Unlawful Possession of a Firearm—First Degree—Definition) or WPIC 133.02.01 (Unlawful Possession of a Firearm—Second Degree—Definition).
COMMENT
RCW 9.41.080.
[Current as of December 2019.]
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