CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 1601
Robbery in Concert (Pen. Code, § 213(a)(1)(A))
The defendant[s] [<insert name[s] if not all defendants in
trial charged with this count>] (is/are) charged [in Count] with
robbery by acting in concert [with <insert name[s] or
description[s] of uncharged participant[s]>] [in violation of Penal Code
section 213(a)(1)(A)].
To prove that a defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must prove
that:
1. The defendant personally committed or aided and abetted a
robbery;
2. When (he/ [or] she) did so, the defendant voluntarily acted with
two or more other people who also committed or aided and
abetted the commission of the robbery;
AND
3. The robbery was committed in an inhabited
(dwelling/vessel/floating home/trailer coach/part of a building).
A (dwelling/vessel/floating home/trailer coach/part of a building) is
inhabited if someone lives there and either is present or has left but
intends to return.
[A dwelling includes any (structure/garage/office/ ) that is
attached to the house and functionally connected with it.]
To decide whether the defendant[s] [or <insert name[s] or
description[s] of uncharged participant[s]>] committed robbery, please
refer to the separate instructions that I (will give/have given) you on that
crime. To decide whether the defendant[s] [or <insert
name[s] or description[s] of uncharged participant[s]>] aided and abetted
robbery, please refer to the separate instructions that I (will give/have
given) you on aiding and abetting. Y ou must apply those instructions
when you decide whether the People have proved robbery in concert.
<MAKE CERTAIN THAT ALL APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONS ON
ROBBERY AND AIDING AND ABETTING ARE GIVEN.>
[To prove the crime of robbery in concert, the People do not have to
prove a prearranged plan or scheme to commit robbery.]
New January 2006
Provenance
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- courts.ca.gov
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- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2023
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