Ala. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13A-11-58.1(C)

Providing False Information to Dealer

The defendant is charged with providing false information to a dealer.

A person commits the crime of providing false information to a dealer if he/she

provides to a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition what the person

knows to be materially false information with intent to deceive the dealer or seller about

the legality of the transfer of a firearm or ammunition

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

elements:

(1) The defendant provided to a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or

ammunition what he/she knew to be materially false information, [describe

false information]; [AND]

(2) The defendant did so with intent to deceive the dealer or seller about the

legality of the transfer of a firearm or ammunition].

A licensed dealer is a person who is licensed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 923 or

Section 13A-11-79, to engage in the business of dealing in firearms. [13A-11-58.1(a)(2)]

A private seller is a person who sells or offers for sale any firearm or ammunition.

[13A-11-58.1(a)(4)]

A firearm is a weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder. [13A-11-

62(1); 13A-8-1(5)]

Ammunition is any cartridge, shell, or projectile designed for use in a firearm. [13A-

11-58.1(a)(1)]

Materially false information is information that portrays an illegal transaction as

legal or a legal transaction as illegal. [13A-11-58.1(a)(3)]

[Read as appropriate]: A peace officer acting in his/her official capacity or a

person acting at the direction of a peace officer cannot be found guilty of this offense.

[13A-11-58.1(d)]

A person acts knowingly with respect to conduct or to a circumstance described

by a statute defining an offense when he is aware that his conduct is of that nature or that

the circumstance exists. [13A-2-2(2)]

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

statute defining an offense, when his 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 providing false information to a dealer, then you shall find

the defendant guilty of providing false information to a dealer.

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

providing false information to a dealer, then you cannot find the defendant guilty of

providing false information to a dealer.

[Approved 05/09/19]