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Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction 1.26
Motive
Motive is not an element of the crime charged. However, presence of motive may tend to establish guilt, and absence of motive may tend to establish innocence. You may therefore give its presence or absence the weight you believe it should have as evidence.
History
Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions 1.26, dated Revised 2012. Prepared by the Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions Committee; published by the Alaska Court System. The Alaska Court System states that these instructions "have not been approved or promulgated by any court or the Alaska Bar Association."
Provenance
- Source
- courts.alaska.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
4590cd176b555bb4889117dc99ce0a0f8d0397c569e90c9104667c52c9d84e35
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