CALCRIM No. 1124

(Pen. Code, § 288.3(a))

The defendant is charged [in Count] with (contacting/[or]

attempting to contact) a minor with the intent to commit

<insert enumerated offense from statute> [in violation of Penal

Code section 288.3(a)].

To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must

prove that:

1. The defendant (contacted or communicated with/ [or] attempted

to contact or communicate with) a minor;

2. When the defendant did so, (he/she) intended to commit

<insert enumerated offense from statute> involving that

minor;

AND

3. [The defendant knew or reasonably should have known that the

person was a minor(;/.)]

3. [OR]

3. [The defendant believed that the person was a minor.]

A minor is a person under the age of 18.

[Under the law, a person becomes one year older as soon as the first

minute of his or her birthday has begun.]

Contacting or communicating with a minor includes direct and indirect

contact or communication. [That contact or communication may take

place personally or by using (an agent or agency/ [or] any print medium/

[or] any postal service/ [or] a common carrier/ [or] communication

common carrier/ [or] any electronic communications system/ [or] any

telecommunications/ [or] wire/ [or] computer/ [or] radio communications

[device or system]).]

To decide whether the defendant intended to commit

<specify sex offense[s] listed in Pen. Code, § 288.3(a)>, please refer to the

separate instructions that I (will give/have given) you on (that/those)

crime[s].

New August 2009; Revised March 2017, September 2020