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Specific Criminal Jury Instructions
The following jury instructions are “specific” to certain types of criminal cases. This table can be searched by U.S. Code section, Topic, or First Circuit Pattern Jury Instruction Number (if applicable), and contains all of the cases where this “specific” instruction was given over the last five years (or longer if no charge was given in the last five years).
| Statute |
Topic |
Pattern Jury Instructions | Jury Charges |
|---|---|---|---|
| Witness Testimony—Facts and Opinions | Jury Charges | ||
| Witness Credibility - Government Agents | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 1346 |
Wire Fraud (Honest Services) | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 1343 |
Wire Fraud | 4.13 | Jury Charges |
| Wire Fraud | Jury Charges | ||
| Willfully | Jury Charges | ||
| Willful Blindness | 2.14 | Jury Charges | |
| Voluntariness of a Defendant's Confession/Statement and Relevance of Miranda Warnings | Jury Charges | ||
| Visual Depiction | Jury Charges | ||
| Value of Transaction | Jury Charges | ||
| Use of Undercover Agent | Jury Charges | ||
| Use of Translations | Jury Charges | ||
| Use of Tapes and Transcripts | 2.08 | Jury Charges | |
| Use of Informant | Jury Charges | ||
| Use and Carry | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 2113(a) |
Unarmed Bank Robbery | 4.18 | Jury Charges |
| Transportation of Child Pornography | Jury Charges | ||
| Transport | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 115(a)(1)(B) |
Threatening a Federal Official | Jury Charges | |
| Threat | Jury Charges | ||
| Theft of Government Money | Jury Charges | ||
| Testimony of Defendant | Jury Charges | ||
| Substantial Step | Jury Charges | ||
| Stipulations | 2.01 | Jury Charges | |
| Steal | Jury Charges | ||
| State Law--Ethics Commission | Jury Charges | ||
| State Law--Class Exception | Jury Charges | ||
| State | Jury Charges | ||
| Specific Intent | Jury Charges | ||
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42 USC § 408(a)(7)(B) |
Social Security Fraud | Jury Charges | |
| Single Image | Jury Charges | ||
| Similar Act--Sexual Abuse | Jury Charges | ||
| Sexually Explicit Conduct | Jury Charges | ||
| Sexual Contact Not Required | Jury Charges | ||
| Sexual Act | Jury Charges | ||
| Self-Defense | Jury Charges | ||
| Scheme to Defraud | Jury Charges | ||
| Reliance on Advice of Counsel | Jury Charges | ||
| Redacted Documents | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 2252(a)(2) |
Receipt of Child Pornography | Jury Charges | |
| Reasonably Foreseeable | Jury Charges | ||
| Reasonable Cause to Believe | Jury Charges | ||
| Real Child | Jury Charges | ||
| Punishment | Jury Charges | ||
| Proof--Conjunctive/Disjunctive | Jury Charges | ||
| Prohibited Object | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 1791(d)(4)(B) |
Prison | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 924(c) |
Possession/Using/Carrying Firearm--Drug Trafficking/Crime of Violence | 4.07 | Jury Charges |
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21 USC § 860 |
Possession/Controlled Substance w/ Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance in a School Zone | Jury Charges | |
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21 USC § 841(a)(1) |
Possession/Controlled Substance w/ Intent to Distribute | 4.22 | Jury Charges |
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21 USC § 844 |
Possession/Controlled Substance | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 922(j) |
Possession Stolen Firearm/Interstate Commerce | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 1028(a)(4) |
Possession of Identification Document with Intent to Defraud the US | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 1791(a)(1) |
Possession of a Prohibited Object | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 922(g) |
Possession of a Firearm / Ammunition in Commerce - Convicted Felon | 4.06 | Jury Charges |
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18 USC 922(k) |
Possession of a Firearm - Obliterated Serial Number | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 2252(a)(4) |
Possession - Child Pornography | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 2252A(a)(5) |
Possession - Child Pornography | Jury Charges | |
| Possession | Jury Charges | ||
| Pinkerton Charge/Liability | Jury Charges | ||
| Over Act | Jury Charges | ||
| Other Names Mentioned | Jury Charges | ||
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26 U.S.C. §7212(a) |
Obstructing and Impeding IRS - 26 U.S.C. §7212(a) | Jury Charges | |
| Notetaking | Jury Charges | ||
| Nature of Videos/Images | Jury Charges | ||
| Nature of Controlled Substance | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 1956 |
Money Laundering – Unlawful Activity / Structuring | 4.17 | Jury Charges |
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31 USC § 5322 31 USC § 5324 |
Money Laundering – Structuring To Evade Reporting | 4.28 | Jury Charges |
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18 USC § 1957 |
Money Laundering – Criminally Derived Proceeds | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 982 |
Money Laundering – Criminal Forfeiture | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 1956(h) |
Money Laundering – Conspiracy | Jury Charges | |
| Missing Witness | 2.11 | Jury Charges | |
| Minor Not In Fact--No Defense | Jury Charges | ||
| Minor | Jury Charges | ||
| Mere Presence/Culpable Presence | Jury Charges | ||
| Means of Identification | Jury Charges | ||
| Materiality - False Statements | Jury Charges | ||
| Material | Jury Charges | ||
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21 USC § 841(a)(1) 21 USC § 802(15) |
Manufacture of a Controlled Substance | 4.24 | Jury Charges |
| Manufacture (Marijuana) | Jury Charges | ||
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49 U.S.C. §46507(1) |
Maliciously | Jury Charges | |
| Malice | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 1341 |
Mail Fraud | 4.12 | Jury Charges |
| Limitation on Use of Prior Conviction | Jury Charges | ||
| Lesser Included Offense (Possession-Narcotics) | Jury Charges | ||
| Lesser Included Offense (Armed/Aggravated Bank Robbery) | Jury Charges | ||
| Legality of Tax Laws | Jury Charges | ||
| Knowledge of Status | Jury Charges | ||
| Knowledge | Jury Charges | ||
| Knowingly | 2.13 | Jury Charges | |
| Jury Instructions in Related Case as Evidence | Jury Charges | ||
| Intimidation | Jury Charges | ||
| Interstate/Foreign Commerce | Jury Charges | ||
| Interstate Wire Communication | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 2314 |
Interstate Travel/Scheme to Defraud | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 2314 |
Interstate Transportation of Stolen Money / Property | 4.20 | Jury Charges |
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18 USC § 2423(b) |
Interstate Transportation of Minor (Illicit Sexual Conduct) | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 1951 |
Interference with Commerce by Robbery / Extortion (Hobbs Act) | 4.16 | Jury Charges |
| Intentionally | Jury Charges | ||
| Intent to Distribute | Jury Charges | ||
| Intent to Defraud | Jury Charges | ||
| Intent | Jury Charges | ||
| Inference | Jury Charges | ||
| Indictment in Related Case as Evidence | Jury Charges | ||
| Inconsistent Statement | Jury Charges | ||
| Inconsistent Mental State | Jury Charges | ||
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26 USC § 7201 |
Income Tax Evasion | 4.25 | Jury Charges |
| In Performance of Official Duties | Jury Charges | ||
| In or Affecting Commerce | Jury Charges | ||
| In Furtherance | Jury Charges | ||
| Impossibility | Jury Charges | ||
| Impeding/Intimidating/Interfering with Federal Official | Jury Charges | ||
| Impeachment by Prior Inconsistent Statement | 2.02 | Jury Charges | |
| Impeachment by Prior Conviction | Jury Charges | ||
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08 USC § 1325(c) |
Immigration Through Fraudulent Marriage | 4.21 | Jury Charges |
| Illicit Sexual Conduct | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 1028 |
Identity Fraud | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 1346 |
Honest Services Wire Fraud | Jury Charges | |
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42 USC § 6928(d)(2)(A) |
Hazardous Waste Storage Without a Permit | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 1072 |
Harboring / Concealing an Escaped Prisoner | 4.11 | Jury Charges |
| Government Agent Not a Conspirator | Jury Charges | ||
| Forcible Assault | Jury Charges | ||
| Firearm | Jury Charges | ||
| Felony w/ Minor by Sex Offender | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 666 |
Federal Program Bribery | Jury Charges | |
| Federal Official | Jury Charges | ||
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26 USC § 7206(1) |
False Statements - Income Tax Return | 4.27 | Jury Charges |
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20 USC § 1097(a) |
False Statement -- Student Loan Application | Jury Charges | |
| False Statement -- Passport Application | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 1001 |
False Statement -- Federal Jurisdiction / Agency | 4.08 | Jury Charges |
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18 USC § 1546 |
False Statement - Immigration Document | 4.15 | Jury Charges |
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18 USC § 922(a)(6) |
False Statement - Firearm Transaction | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 1014 |
False Statement - Banks, Credit, etc… | 4.09 | Jury Charges |
| False or Fraudulent Pretenses | Jury Charges | ||
| False | Jury Charges | ||
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26 USC § 7203 |
Failure to File Tax Return | 4.26 | Jury Charges |
| Eyewitness Identification | Jury Charges | ||
| Extortion | Jury Charges | ||
| Expert Witness | Jury Charges | ||
| Evidence/Witnesses Not Needed | Jury Charges | ||
| Evidence of Prior Conviction | Jury Charges | ||
| Evidence of Prior Bad Acts | Jury Charges | ||
| Evidence of Flight | Jury Charges | ||
| Evidence Admitted for a Limited Purpose | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 751 |
Escape from Custody | 4.04 | Jury Charges |
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42 USC § 11045(b)(4) |
Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act -- EPCRA | Jury Charges | |
| During and in Relation To | Jury Charges | ||
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21 USC § 841(a)(1) 4.23 |
Distribution of Controlled Substance | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 2252(a)(2) |
Distribution of Child Pornography | Jury Charges | |
| Distribute | Jury Charges | ||
| Determining Drug Quantity Threshold | Jury Charges | ||
| Defraud | Jury Charges | ||
| Defendant's Statements | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 3501(e) |
Defendant's Statements | Jury Charges | |
| Defendant's Right to Remain Silent | Jury Charges | ||
| Defendant's Knowledge | Jury Charges | ||
| Defendant's Economic Circumstances | Jury Charges | ||
| Culpable Presence/Mere Presence | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 472 |
Counterfeit Notes | Jury Charges | |
| Counsel/Pro Se Representation | Jury Charges | ||
| Corruptly - Mens Rea | Jury Charges | ||
| Corporate Liability | Jury Charges | ||
| Cooperating Witness Testimony Treated with Care | 2.07 | Jury Charges | |
| Cooperating Witness | Jury Charges | ||
| Convert | Jury Charges | ||
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21 USC § 846 |
Conspiracy-Narcotics | 4.03_21 | Jury Charges |
| Conspiracy-Counterfeit Currency | Jury Charges | ||
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18 U.S.C. §1349 |
Conspiracy-Bank Fraud - 18 U.S.C. §1349 | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 1028(f) |
Conspiracy - Identity Fraud | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 371 |
Conspiracy | 4.03_18 | Jury Charges |
| Consciousness of Guilt - Flight | Jury Charges | ||
| Conflict of Interest | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC 3501 |
Confession | Jury Charges | |
| Computer | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 894 |
Collecting Extension of Credit by Extortion | Jury Charges | |
| Coercion/Enticement of a Minor | Jury Charges | ||
| Co-Conspirator Statements | Jury Charges | ||
| Character/Reputation Evidence | Jury Charges | ||
| Bodily Injury | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 1344(1) & (2) |
Bank Fraud | 4.14 | Jury Charges |
| Bank Deposits--Method of Proof | Jury Charges | ||
| Attempt | 4.01 | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 752 |
Assisting Escape | 4.05 | Jury Charges |
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18 USC § 111(b) |
Assault w/Dangerous Weapon-Federal Officer | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 111(a)(1) |
Assault - Federal Officer | Jury Charges | |
| Assault | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 2113(a) 18 USC § 2113(d) |
Armed / Aggravated Bank Robbery | 4.19 | Jury Charges |
| Alter | Jury Charges | ||
| Aiding and Abetting Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance | Jury Charges | ||
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26 U.S.C. §7206(2) |
Aiding and Abetting False Tax Return | Jury Charges | |
| Aiding and Abetting Armed/Aggravated Bank Robbery | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 2 |
Aiding and Abetting | 4.02 | Jury Charges |
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18 USC § 2241(c) |
Aggravated Sexual Abuse (w/minor) | Jury Charges | |
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18 USC § 1028A |
Aggravated Identity Theft | Jury Charges | |
| Agent | Jury Charges | ||
| Advice of Counsel (Defense/Reliance) | Jury Charges | ||
| Actual Versus Constructive Possession | Jury Charges | ||
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18 USC § 1029(a)(2) |
Access Device / Credit Card Fraud | 4.10 | Jury Charges |