Ala. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 15-20A-25

Providing False Information for Relief from Employment Restriction

The defendant is charged with providing false information for relief from

employment restriction.

A person commits the crime of providing false information for relief from

employment restriction if he/she provides false or misleading information regarding a

petition for relief from the employment restriction.

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

elements:

(1) The defendant provided false or misleading information regarding a petition

for relief from the sex offender employment restriction pursuant to 15 -20A-

13(b) providing that no adult sex offender shall apply for, accept, or maintain

employment or volunteer for any employment or vocation within 2,000 feet

of the property on which any school or childcare facility is located by [Insert

Information]; (AND)

(2) The defendant did so knowingly.

A sex offender includes any adult sex offender, any youthful offender sex offender,

and any juvenile sex offender. [15-20A-4(25)]

An adult sex offender is a person convicted of a sex offense. [15-20A-4(1)]

A sex offense includes any of the following offenses: [Insert all appropriate from

15-20A-5].

A conviction is a verdict or finding of guilt as the result of a trial, a plea of guilty, a

plea of nolo contendere, or an Alford plea regardless of whether adjudication was

withheld. Conviction includes, but is not limited to, a conviction in a United States territory,

a conviction in a federal or military tribunal, including a court martial conducted by the

Armed Forces of the United States, a conviction for an offense committed on an Indian

reservation or other federal property, a conviction in any stat e of the United States or a

conviction in a foreign country if the foreign country's judicial system is such that it

satisfies minimum due process set forth in the guidelines under Section 111(5)(B) of

Public Law 109 -248. Cases on appeal are deemed convict ions until reversed or

overturned. [15-20A-4(4)]

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

by a statute defining an offense he/she is aware that his/her 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 elements of the offense, then you shall find the defendant guilty of this offense.

If you find that the State has failed to prove beyond a reasonable d oubt any one

or more of the elements of the offense, then you cannot find the def endant guilty of this

offense.