Ala. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13A-14-1

Self-Infliction of Injury

The defendant is charged with self-infliction of injury.

A person commits the crime of self-infliction of injury if:

A. He/She, with design to disable himself/herself from performing a legal duty,

existing or anticipated, inflicts upon himself/herself an injury whereby

he/she is so disabled; (OR)

B. He/She so injures himself/herself with intent to avail himself/herself of such

injury to excite sympathy or to obtain alms or some charitable relief.

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

elements:

(1) The def endant, with design to disable himself/herself from performing a

legal duty, existing or anticipated, inflicted upon himself/herself an injury

whereby he/she was so disabled; (OR)

(2) The defendant so injured himself/herself with intent to avail himself/ herself

of such injury to excite sympathy or to obtain alms or some charitable relief.

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 self -infliction of injury, then you shall find the defendant

guilty of self-infliction of injury.

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

self-infliction of injury, then you cannot find the defendant guilty of self-infliction of injury.

[Approved 09-11-15.]