Ala. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 13A-6-153(A)(3)PRE-JULY12018

Human Trafficking Second Degree *

(Corporation or Other Legal Entity)

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

The defendant is charged with human trafficking in the second degree as a

corporation or other legal entity.

A person commits the crime of human trafficking in the second degree as a

corporation or other legal entity if it commits the crime of human trafficking in the

second degree and is a corporation or any other legal entity other than an individual.

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

elements:

1. [Insert applicable instructions from 13A-6-153(a)(1) or 13A-

6-153(a)(2)];

2. The defendant was a corporation or any other legal entity other than an

individual;

3. An agent of the corporation or entity, [Insert name], performed the

conduct which was an element of the crime while acting within the scope

of his/her office or employment and on behalf of the corporation or entity;

(AND)

4. The commission of the crime was either authorized, requested,

commanded, performed, or within the scope of the agent’s employment on

behalf of the corporation or entity or constituted a pattern of conduct that

an agent of the corporation or entity knew or should have known was

occurring.

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

doubt each of the above elements of human trafficking in the second degree, then

you shall find the defendant guilty of the offense of human trafficking in the second

degree.

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

one or more of the elements of human trafficking in the second degree, then you

cannot find the defendant guilty of human trafficking in the second degree.

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

those offenses at this point.]

[Approved April 26, 2024].