CALCRIM No. 2620

Testimony or Information Given (Pen. Code, § 137(b))

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

threatening to use force) against a person to cause that person [or

someone else] to (give false (testimony/ [or] information)/ [or] withhold

true (testimony/ [or] information)) [in violation of Penal Code section

137(b)].

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

prove that:

1. The defendant [unlawfully] (used force/ [or] threatened to use

force) against <insert name/description of person

allegedly targeted>;

AND

<Alternative 2A—to give or withhold testimony>

[2. When the defendant (used force/ [or] made the threat), (he/she)

intended to cause <insert name/description of person

defendant allegedly sought to influence> to (give false testimony/

[or] withhold true testimony).]

<Alternative 2B—to give or withhold information>

[2. When the defendant (used force/ [or] made the threat), (he/she)

intended to cause <insert name/description of person

defendant allegedly sought to influence> to (give false material

information about a crime to/ [or] withhold true material

information about a crime from) a law enforcement official.]

[A person makes a threat of force when he or she communicates to

someone else a believable threat of unlawful injury to a person or

property.]

[Information is material if it is significant or important.]

[(A/The) (district attorney[,]/ [or] deputy district attorney[,]/ [or] city

attorney[,]/ [or] deputy city attorney[,]/ [or] Attorney General[,]/ [or]

deputy attorney general[,]/ [or] <insert title of peace offıcer

included in Pen. Code, § 830 et seq.>) is a law enforcement official.]

[The People do not need to prove that <insert

name/description of person defendant allegedly sought to influence> actually

(gave false (testimony/information)/ [or] withheld true

(testimony/information)).]

New January 2006