Ala. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 15-20A-36

Changing Name

The defendant is charged with changing his/her name as a sex offender.

A person commits the crime of changing his/her name as a sex offender if he/she

is a sex offender and changes his/her name unless the change is incident to a change in

his/her marital status or is necessary to effect the exercise of his/her religion.

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

elements:

(1) The defendant was a sex offender;

(2) The defendant changed his/her name;

(3) The change was not incident to a change in his/her marital status and was

not necessary to effect the exercise of his/her religion; (AND)

(4) 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 youthful offender sex offender is an individual adjudicated as a youthful offender

for a sex offense who has not attained the age of 21 at the time of the offense. [15 -20A-

4(31)]

A juvenile sex offender is an individual who has not attained the age of 18 at the

time of the offense and who is adjudicated delinquent of a sex offense. [15-20A-4(12)]

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

15-20A-5].

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 doubt any one

or more of the elements of the offense, then you cannot find the de fendant guilty of this

offense.

[Approved 9-8-15.]