Ala. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13A-10-153(A)(1)

Soliciting or Providing Support for Terrorism II

The defendant is charged with soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism

in the second degree.

A person commits the crime of soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism

in the second degree if, with intent that material support or resources will be used, in

whole or in part, to plan, prepare, carry out, or aid in either an act of terrori sm or the

concealment of, or an escape from, an act of terrorism, he/she raises, solicits, collects, or

provides material support or resources.

To convict, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following

elements:

(1) The defendant raised, solicited, collected, or provided material support or

resources [describe]; (AND)

(2) The defendant did so with intent that material support or resources would

be used, in whole or in part, to plan, prepare, carry out, or aid in either an

act of terrorism or the concealment of, or an escape from, an act of

terrorism.

Material support or resources is currency or other financial securities, financial

services, lodging, training, safehouses, false documentation or identification,

communications equ ipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives,

personnel, transportation, and other physical assets, except medicine or religious

materials. [13A-10-151(2)]

An act of terrorism is an act or acts constituting [name specified offense] for

which a person may be convicted in the criminal courts of this state, or an act or acts

constituting an offense in any other jurisdiction within or outside the territorial boundaries

of the United States which contains all of the essential elements of a specified offense,

that is intended to do the following [read as appropriate]:

a. Intimidate or coerce a civilian population;

b. Influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion; (OR)

c. Affect the conduct of a unit of govern ment by murder, assassination, or

kidnapping. [13A-10-151(1)]

[Read as appropriate] : [Insert instructions for murder, assassination, or

kidnapping.]

[Insert instructions for specified offense.]

[Read as appropriate]: [Insert instruction for Attempt 13A-4-2 or Conspiracy

13A-4-3.]

A person acts intentionally with respect to a result or to conduct described by a

statute defining an offense when his/her purpose is to cause that result or to engage in

that conduct. [13A-2-2(1)]

If you find from the evidence that the State has proved beyond a reasonable doubt

each of the above elements of soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the

second degree, then you shall find the defendant guilty of soliciting or providing support

for an act of terrorism in the second degree.

If you find that the State has failed to prove any one or more of the elements of

soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the second degree, then you cannot

find the defendant guilty of soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the

second degree.

[If lesser-included offenses are included, the Court should instruct on those

offenses at this point.]