CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 2688
Disturbing the Peace: Fighting or Challenging Someone to
Fight (Pen. Code, §§ 415(1), 415.5(a)(1))
The defendant is charged [in Count] with disturbing the peace
[in violation of <insert appropriate code section[s]>].
To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must
prove that:
1. The defendant willfully [and unlawfully] (fought/ [or] challenged
someone else to fight);
[AND]
2. The defendant and the other person were (in a public place/in a
building or on the grounds of <insert description of
school from Pen. Code, § 415.5>) when (the fight occurred/ [or]
the challenge was made)(;/.)
<Give element 3 when instructing on self-defense or defense of another .>
[AND]
[3. The defendant did not act (in self-defense/ [or] in defense of
someone else)(;/.)]
<Give element 4 when instructing on Pen. Code, § 415.5(f).>
[AND
(3/4). The defendant was not (a registered student at the school/ [or] a
person engaged in lawful employee-related activity).]
Someone commits an act willfully when he or she does it willingly or on
purpose.
New January 2006
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2019
- Content hash
4360b42ded04e8f128c6642fe5f5f60766b3c13c3e6fcacf12b5f833547f2c1a
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