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Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction 11.56.770
Hindering Prosecution - First Degree
, the defendant in this case, has been charged with the crime of hindering prosecution in the first degree.
To prove that the defendant committed this crime, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following elements:
(1) the defendant rendered assistance to a person who had committed a crime punishable as a felony;
(2) the defendant was aware of a substantial probability that the person had committed a crime; and
(3) the defendant intended to [hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of that person] [assist that person in profiting or benefiting from the commission of a crime].
[A person "renders assistance" to another if the person [harbors or conceals that person] [warns that person of impending discovery or apprehension] [provides or aids in providing that person with money, transportation, a dangerous instrument, a disguise, or other means of avoiding discovery or apprehension] [prevents or obstructs, by means of force, threat, or deception, anyone from performing an act which might aid in the discovery or apprehension of that person] [suppresses, by an act of concealment, alteration, or destruction, physical evidence which might aid in the discovery or apprehension of that person] [aids that person in securing or protecting the proceeds of the crime].]
History
Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions 11.56.770, dated Revised 1999. 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
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