CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 2023
False Financial Statement: Use of False Identifying
Information (Pen. Code, § 532a(4))
If you find the defendant guilty of ((making/ [or] causing to be made) a
false written statement as charged in Count [,]/ [or] obtaining a
benefit using a false written statement as charged in Count [,]/
[or] representing as true a false written statement as charged in Count
), you must then decide whether the People have proved that the
defendant used false identifying information.
<Alternative A—fictitious information>
[To prove this allegation, the People must prove that the defendant used
a fictitious (name[,]/ [or] social security number[,]/ [or] business name[,]/
[or] business address).]
<Alternative B—represented self as someone else>
[To prove this allegation, the People must prove that the defendant
falsely (represented that (he/she) was someone else/ [or] claimed that (he/
she) represented a business when (he/she) did not).]
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
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2020
- Content hash
13944110fa9c8af79424c9fbc48958534ee9562ddda7ed20250d3d1ec6ca8cbb
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