CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 2736
Inciting a Riot in a Prison or Jail (Pen. Code, § 404.6(c))
The defendant is charged [in Count] with inciting a riot [in a
(state prison/county jail)] [in violation of Penal Code section 404.6(c)].
To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must
prove that:
1. The defendant (did an act [or engaged in conduct] that
encouraged a riot[,]/ [or] urged others to commit acts of force or
violence[,]/ [or] urged others to (burn/ [or] destroy) property);
2. The defendant acted at a time and place and under circumstances
that produced a clear, present, and immediate danger that (acts
of force or violence would happen/ [or] property would be
(burned/ [or] destroyed));
3. When the defendant acted, (he/she) intended to cause a riot;
4. As a result of the defendant’s action [or conduct], a riot occurred
[in a (state prison/county jail)];
AND
5. The riot resulted in serious bodily injury to someone.
A riot occurs when two or more people, acting together and without legal
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2020
- Content hash
646240bee48119a8c0e541f4c7c04c2cd1d73764f7433a89f9b170dfdc24439c
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