CALCRIM No. 2441

Substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11366.8)

The defendant is charged [in Count] with ((possessing/using/

controlling)/ [or] (designing/constructing/building/altering/fabricating/

installing/attaching)) a false compartment with the intent to (store/

conceal/smuggle/transport) a controlled substance in a vehicle [in

violation of Health and Safety Code section 11366.8].

To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must

prove that:

<A. Possessed, Used, Controlled>

1. [The defendant (possessed/used/controlled) a false compartment

with the intent to (store/conceal/smuggle/transport) a controlled

substance in the false compartment in a vehicle(;/.)]

[OR

<B. Designed, Built, etc.>

2.][The defendant (designed/constructed/built/altered/fabricated/

installed/attached) a false compartment (for/in/to) a vehicle with

the intent to (store/conceal/smuggle/transport) a controlled

substance in it.]

A false compartment is any box, container, space, or enclosure that is

added or attached to the original factory equipment of a vehicle and

intended or designed to (conceal[,]/hide[,]/ [or] [otherwise] prevent

discovery of) any controlled substance. A false compartment may be ((a/

an) (false/modified/altered) fuel tank[,]/original factory equipment of a

vehicle that is (modified/altered/changed)[,]/ [or] a compartment, space,

or box that is added to, or made or created from, existing compartments,

spaces, or boxes within a vehicle).

A vehicle includes any car, truck, bus, aircraft, boat, ship, yacht, or

vessel.

[Two or more people may possess something at the same time.]

[A person does not have to actually hold or touch something to possess

it. It is enough if the person has (control over it/ [or] the right to control

it), either personally or through another person.]

New January 2006; Revised February 2025