CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 2222
Failing to Present Driver’s License (Veh. Code, § 12951(b))
The defendant is charged [in Count] with failing to present (his/
her) driver’s license to a peace officer [in violation of Vehicle Code
section 12951(b)].
To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must
prove that:
1. The defendant drove a motor vehicle;
2. A peace officer, enforcing the Vehicle Code, demanded that the
defendant present (his/her) driver’s license for the officer to
examine;
AND
3. The defendant did not present (his/her) driver’s license in
response to the officer’s request.
[A motor vehicle includes a (passenger vehicle/motorcycle/motor scooter/
bus/school bus/commercial vehicle/truck tractor and trailer/
<insert other type of motor vehicle>).]
[The term motor vehicle is defined in another instruction to which you
should refer.]
[A person employed as a police officer by <insert name of
agency that employs police offıcer> is a peace officer.]
New January 2006
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2019
- Content hash
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