CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 1971
Making, Using, etc., Check Knowing Funds Insufficient:
Total Value of Checks (Pen. Code, § 476a(b))
If you find the defendant guilty of (making[,]/ [or] drawing[,]/ [or]
delivering[,]/ [or] using[,]/ [or] attempting to use) (a/an) (check[,]/
draft[,]/ [or] order) knowing that there were insufficient funds to cover
it, you must then decide whether the People have proved either of the
following:
1. That at least one (check[,]/ draft[,]/ [or] order) that the defendant
(made[,]/ [or] drew[,]/ [or] delivered[,]/ [or] used[,]/ [or]
attempted to use) knowing that there were insufficient funds to
cover it was for more than $950;
OR
2. That the total value of the (checks[,]/ [or] drafts[,]/ [or] orders)
charged in Count that the defendant (made[,]/ [or]
drew[,]/ [or] delivered[,]/ [or] used[,]/ [or] attempted to use)
knowing that there were insufficient funds to cover them was
more than $950.
The People have the burden of proving this allegation beyond a
reasonable doubt. If the People have not met this burden, you must find
that this allegation has not been proved.
New January 2006; Revised August 2015
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2019
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