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Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction 4.01
Driving – Involuntary
The law regarding involuntary driving is as follows:
A defendant cannot be convicted of [driving offense] if the defendant’s driving was involuntary. A defendant’s driving is involuntary if the defendant:
(1) Knowingly took a prescribed drug;
(2) Did not take more than the prescribed amount of the drug;
(3) Was rendered unconscious by this drug;
(4) Drove while unconscious; and
(5) Neither knew nor had reason to anticipate that the drug would have this effect.
If you find the state has disproved any of these elements beyond a reasonable doubt, you must determine whether the state has proved the defendant committed the crime of [driving offense] beyond a reasonable doubt.
If you find the state has not disproved any of the elements beyond a reasonable doubt, you must find the defendant not guilty of [driving offense].
History
Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions 4.01, dated ADDED 2018; list of updates: March 2018. 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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