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CALCRIM No. 2541

Carrying Firearm: Stolen Firearm (Pen. Code, §§ 25400(c)(2),

activein force · 2022-01-01 – presentcompiled-edition

25850(c)(2))

If you find the defendant guilty of unlawfully (carrying a concealed

firearm (on (his/her) person/within a vehicle)[,]/ causing a firearm to be

carried concealed within a vehicle[,]/ [or] carrying a loaded firearm)

[under Count[s]], you must then decide whether the People have

proved the additional allegation that the firearm was stolen.

To prove this allegation, the People must prove that:

1. The firearm the defendant (carried/ [or] caused to be carried

concealed in a vehicle) was stolen;

AND

2. The defendant knew or had reasonable cause to believe the

firearm was stolen.

The People have the burden of proving this allegation beyond a

reasonable doubt. If the People have not met this burden, you must find

this allegation has not been proved.

New January 2006; Revised February 2012

Provenance

Source
courts.ca.gov
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
calcrim-2022
Content hash
be42f9cb8b3004de20ff66689ee07b40987bcd8ddbfeadf83ab4a8078790e5ae
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