CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 2652
Resisting an Executive Officer in Performance of Duty (Pen.
Code, § 69)
The defendant is charged [in Count] with resisting an executive
officer in the performance of that officer’s duty [in violation of Penal
Code section 69].
To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must
prove that:
1. The defendant [unlawfully] used force [or violence] to resist an
executive officer;
2. When the defendant acted, the officer was performing (his/her)
lawful duty;
3. When the defendant acted, the defendant knew that the person
(he/she) resisted was an executive officer;
AND
4. When the defendant acted, (he/she) knew the executive officer was
performing (his/her) duty.
An executive officer is a government official within the executive branch
who may use his or her own discretion in performing his or her job
duties. [(A/An) <insert title, e.g., peace offıcer , commissioner ,
etc.> is an executive officer.]
[A sworn member of <insert name of agency that employs
peace offıcer>, authorized by <insert appropriate section
from Pen. Code, § 830 et seq.> to <describe statutory
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2025
- Content hash
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