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Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction 11.41.520(c
) Extortion - Defense of Restitution or Indemnification
It is a defense to the crime of extortion based on [accusing anyone of a crime] [exposing confidential information or a secret tending to subject a person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule or to impair the person’s credit or business repute] [taking or withholding action as a public servant or causing a public servant to take or withhold action] that the property obtained by threat of [accusation] [exposure] [lawsuit or other invocation of official action] was honestly claimed as restitution or indemnification for harm done in the circumstances to which the [accusation] [exposure] [lawsuit or other official action] relates, or as compensation for property or lawful services.
If the state has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the property obtained by the defendant was not honestly claimed:
(1) as restitution or indemnification for harm done in the circumstances to which the [accusation] [exposure] [lawsuit or other official action] relates; or
(2) as compensation for property or lawful services;
then you must find the defendant not guilty of the charge of extortion based on [accusing anyone of a crime] [exposing confidential information or a secret tending to subject a person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule or to impair the person’s credit or business repute] [taking or withholding action as a public servant or causing a public servant to take or withhold action].
History
Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions 11.41.520(c, dated Revised 2004. 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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