Ala. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13A-6-152(A)(5)PRE-JULY12018

Obstruction of Enforcement of Human Trafficking First Degree Law *

[*These instructions apply to offenses committed before July 1, 2018.]

The defendant is charged with obstruction of enforcement of human trafficking in

the first degree law.

A person commits the crime of obstruction of enforcement of human trafficking in

the first degree law if he/she obstructs, or attempts to obstruct, or in any way interferes

with or prevents the enforcement of human trafficking in the first degree law.

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

elements:

1. The defendant obstructed, or attempted to obstruct, or in any way interfered

with or prevented the enforcement of human trafficking in the first degree

law, [Insert the act obstructing]; (AND)

2. The defendant acted knowingly.

As I just instructed you, one of the elements that the State must prove is that

the defendant obstructed, or attempted to obstruct, or in any way interfered with or

prevented the enforcement of human trafficking in the first degree law, [Insert the act

obstructing]. Therefore, I will now instruct you what the State must prove as to

human trafficking in the first degree.

[Read as applicable]:

A person commits the crime of human trafficking in the first degree if

he/she knowingly subjects another person to labor servitude or sexual

servitude through use of coercion or deception. [13A-6-152(a)(1)]

[OR]

A person commits the crime of human trafficking in the first degree if

he/she knowingly obtains, recruits, entices, solicits, induces, threatens,

isolates, harbors, holds, restrains, transports, provides, or maintains any

minor for the purpose of causing a minor to engage in sexual servitude.

[13A-6-152(a)(2)]

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)]

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

doubt each of the above elements of obstruction of enforcement of human trafficking

in the first degree law, then you shall find the defendant guilty of the offense of

obstruction of enforcement of human trafficking in the first degree law.

If you find that the State has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt any

one or more of the elements of obstruction of enforcement of human trafficking in the

first degree law, then you cannot find the defendant guilty of obstruction of

enforcement of human trafficking in the first degree law.

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

those offenses at this point.]

[Approved April 26, 2024].