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Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction 11.16.130(a)(1)
Legal Accountability of Organizations
An organization may be legally responsible for conduct constituting a crime. There are two different ways for the state to prove that the defendant is legally responsible for the crime of ______________. Each of these ways requires the state to prove three elements beyond a reasonable doubt. The state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) each element of the crime of ________________ as defined in these instructions was committed by some person;
(2) this person was an agent of the organization; and
(3) the person was acting within the scope of the person's employment and on behalf of the organization.
OR
(1) each element of the crime of ______________ as defined in these instructions was committed by some person;
(2) this person was an agent of the organization; and
(3) the organization solicited, subsequently ratified, or subsequently adopted the conduct of the agent.
To "solicit" means to ask or induce. It also includes commanding another person to commit an act.
To "ratify" means to approve, to make valid, or to confirm.
To "adopt" means to accept, to appropriate, to choose, or to select the conduct of another as one's own.
History
Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions 11.16.130(a)(1), dated Revised 2015; list of updates: December 2015. 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
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