CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 2574
Sale or Transportation of Destructive Device (Pen. Code,
§ 18730)
The defendant is charged [in Count] with (selling/transporting) a
destructive device [in violation of Penal Code section 18730].
To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must
prove that:
1. The defendant (sold/transported) a destructive device;
2. The defendant knew (he/she) (sold/transported) it;
AND
3. The defendant knew that what (he/she) (sold/transported) was a
destructive device.
[As used here, selling means exchanging something for money, services,
or anything of value.]
[A person transports something if he or she carries or moves it from one
location to another even if the distance is short.]
[A destructive device is <insert definition from Pen. Code,
§ 16460>.]
[<insert type of destructive device from Pen. Code, § 16460>
is a destructive device.]
[The term destructive device is defined in another instruction.]
[Two or more people may (sell/transport) something at the same time.]
[A person does not have to actually hold or touch something to (sell/
transport) it. It is enough if the person has (control over it/ [or] the right
to control it), either personally or through another person.]
<Defense: Statutory Exception>
[The defendant did not unlawfully (sell/transport) a destructive device if
(he/she) was legally authorized to do so. The People have the burden of
proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was not legally
authorized to (sell/transport) a destructive device. If the People have not
met this burden, you must find the defendant not guilty of this crime.]
New January 2006; Revised February 2012
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- courts.ca.gov
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- 2026-08-20
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- calcrim-2019
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