CALCRIM No. 2929

The defendant is charged [in Count] with trespass after making a

credible threat [in violation of Penal Code section 601(a)].

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

prove that:

1. The defendant made a credible threat to cause serious bodily

injury to another person;

2. The defendant made the threat with the intent to place the other

person in reasonable fear for (his/her) safety [or for the safety of

(his/her) immediate family];

AND

<Alternative 3A—entered home>

[3. Within 30 days of making the threat, the defendant unlawfully

entered the threatened person’s residence[, or the real property

next to the residence of the threatened person,] without a lawful

purpose and with the intent to carry out the threat against the

target of the threat.]

<Alternative 3B—entered workplace>

[3. Within 30 days of making the threat, the defendant unlawfully

entered the workplace of the threatened person, knowing that the

place (he/she) entered was the threatened person’s workplace, and

tried to locate that person without a lawful purpose and with the

intent to carry out the threat.]

A credible threat is one that causes the target of the threat to reasonably

fear for his or her safety [or for the safety of his or her immediate

family] and one that the maker of the threat appears able to carry out.

A credible threat may be made orally, in writing, or electronically or

may be implied by a pattern of conduct or a combination of statements

and conduct.

A serious bodily injury means a serious impairment of physical condition.

Such an injury may include[, but is not limited to]: (loss of

consciousness/ concussion/ bone fracture/ protracted loss or impairment

of function of any bodily member or organ/ a wound requiring extensive

suturing/ [and] serious disfigurement).

To decide whether the defendant unlawfully entered the threatened

person’s (residence [or the real property next to the residence]/

workplace), please refer to the separate instructions that I (will give/have

given) you on unlawful entry.

[Immediate family means (a) a spouse, parent, or child; (b) a grandchild,

grandparent, brother, or sister related by blood or marriage; and (c) a

person who regularly lives in the household [or who regularly lived there

within the six months before the alleged incident].]

[A threat may be made electronically by using a telephone, cellular

telephone, pager, computer, video recorder, fax machine, or other similar

electronic communication device.]

New January 2006