Ala. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13A-11-81

Giving False Information or Offering False Identity to Obtain Pistol or License

The defendant is charged with giving false information or offering false identity to

obtain a pistol or a license.

A person commits the crime of giving false information or offering false identity to

obtain a pistol or a license if he/she gives false information or offers false evidence of

his/her identity in purchasing or otherwise securing delivery of a pistol or in applying for a

license to carry a pistol.

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

elements:

(1) The defendant gave false information or offered false evidence of his/her

identity;

(2) The defendant did so in purchasing or otherwise securing delivery of a pistol

or in applying for a license to carry a pistol; (AND)

(3) The defendant acted [INSERT APPROPRIATE MENS REA ELEMENT - SEE

USE NOTE].

A pistol is a firearm with a barrel less than 12 inches in length. [13A-11-70(1)]

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

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

[Read as appropriate]: A person cannot be found guilty of this offense if he/she

purchased, possessed or sold pistols as curiosities or ornaments or transported such

pistols unloaded and in a bag, box or securely wrapped package, not concealed on the

person. [13A-11-83]

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

each of the above elements of giving false information or offering false identity to obtain

a pistol or a license, then you shall find the defendant guilty of giving false information or

offering false identity to obtain a pistol or a license.

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

giving false information or offering false identity to obtain a pistol or a license, then you

cannot find the defendant guilty of giving false information or offering false identity to

obtain a pistol or a license.