AL · jury_instructions
Ala. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13A-11-144(E)
Assault on a Sports Official in the Second Degree
Assault of a Sports Official in the Second Degree
The defendant is charged with assault of a sports official in the second degree.
A person commits assault of a sports official in the second degree if he/she
commits the crime of assault in the second degree and the victim is a sports official
performing official duties and the assault is a resul t of the official performing his or her
official duties.
To convict, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following
elements:
(1) The defendant committed the crime of assault in the second degree against
another person, [insert name];
(2) The victim was a sports official performing official duties;
(AND)
(3) The assault was a result of the official performing his/her official duties.
[Insert applicable pattern instruction for 13A -6-21 Assault in the Second
Degree]
A sports official is a person at a sports event who enforces the rules of the event,
such as an umpire or referee, or a person who supervises the participants, such as a
coach. [13A-11-144(a)]
A sports event includes any interscholastic or intramural athletic activity in a
primary, middle, junior high, or high school, college, or university, any organized athletic
activity sponsored by a community, business, or nonprofit organization, any athletic
activity that is a professional or semiprofessional event, and any other organized athletic
activity in the state. [13A-11-144(a)]
If you find from the evidence that the State has proved beyond a reasonable doubt
each of the above elements of assault of a sports official in the second degree, then you
shall find the defendant guilty of assault of a sports official in the second degree.
If you find that the State has failed to prove any one or more of the elements of
assault of a sports official in the second degree, then you cannot find the defendant guilty
of assault of a sports official in the second degree.
[Approved 02-01-19]
History
[Approved 02-01-19]
Provenance
- Source
- judicial.alabama.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
- Content hash
9a1489e5468953c711055124760fd4f9632055c7633581426124d55956e84a8f
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