CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 1302
Terrorizing by Destructive Device, Explosive, or Arson (Pen.
Code, § 11413)
The defendant is charged [in Count] with terrorizing by (use of
(a/an) (destructive device/ [or] explosive)/committing arson) [in violation
of Penal Code section 11413].
To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must
prove that:
<Alternative 1A—destructive device or explosive>
[1. The defendant exploded or ignited [or attempted to explode or
ignite] (a/an) (destructive device/ [or] explosive);]
<Alternative 1B—arson>
[1. The defendant committed arson;]
2. The defendant (used [or attempted to use] the (device/ [or]
explosive)/committed the arson) in or around <insert
one or more of the places listed in Pen. Code, § 11413(b)>;
AND
3. The defendant committed these acts with the intent to terrorize
someone else or with reckless disregard of terrorizing someone
else.
To terrorize means to cause a person of ordinary emotions and
sensibilities to fear for his or her personal safety.
A person acts with reckless disregard when (1) he or she is aware that his
or her actions present a substantial and unjustifiable risk, (2) he or she
ignores that risk, and (3) the person’s behavior is grossly different from
what a reasonable person would have done in the same situation.
To decide whether the defendant (exploded or ignited [or attempted to
explode or ignite] (a/an) (destructive device/ [or] explosive)/committed
arson), please refer to the separate instructions that I (will give/have
given) you on (that/those) crime[s].
[An explosive is any substance, or combination of substances, (1) whose
main or common purpose is to detonate or rapidly combust and (2)
which is capable of a relatively instantaneous or rapid release of gas and
heat.]
[An explosive is also any substance whose main purpose is to be
combined with other substances to create a new substance that can
release gas and heat rapidly or relatively instantaneously.]
[<insert type of explosive from Health & Saf. Code, § 12000>
is an explosive.]
[A destructive device is <insert definition from Pen. Code,
§ 16460>.]
[<insert type of destructive device from Pen. Code, § 16460>
is a destructive device.]
[The term[s] (explosive/ [and] destructive device) (is/are) defined in
another instruction.]
[Judicial officer means a magistrate, judge, justice, commissioner, or
referee of a state or federal court located in this state, or a person
appointed by a court to serve in one of these capacities.]
New January 2006; Revised February 2012
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2023
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