CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 3222
Characteristics of Victim (Pen. Code, §§ 667.9(a) & (b),
667.10(a))
If you find the defendant guilty of the crime[s] charged in Count[s]
[,] [or of attempting to commit (that/those) crime[s]][or the
lesser crimes[s] of <insert lesser offense[s]>], you must then
decide whether[, for each crime,] the People have proved the additional
allegation that the defendant committed that crime against a person who
was (65 years of age or older/under the age of 14
years/blind/deaf/developmentally disabled/paraplegic/ [or] quadriplegic).
[Y ou must decide whether the People have proved this allegation for
each crime and return a separate finding for each crime.]
To prove this allegation, the People must prove that:
1. At the time of the crime, <insert name of alleged
victim> was (65 years of age or older/under the age of 14 years/
blind/deaf/developmentally disabled/paraplegic/ [or] quadriplegic);
AND
2. At that time, the defendant knew or reasonably should have
known that <insert name of alleged victim> was (65
years of age or older/under the age of 14
years/blind/deaf/developmentally disabled/paraplegic/ [or]
quadriplegic).
[Under the law, a person becomes one year older as soon as the first
minute of his or her birthday has begun.]
[Developmentally disabled means a severe, chronic disability of a person
that:
1. Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or a
combination of mental and physical impairments;
2. Is likely to continue indefinitely;
AND
3. Results in substantial functional limitation in three or more of the
following abilities:
a. To care for one’s self;
b. To understand and express language;
c. To learn;
d. To be independently mobile;
e. To engage in self-direction;
f. To live independently;
OR
g. To be economically self-sufficient.]
The People have the burden of proving each allegation beyond a
reasonable doubt. If the People have not met this burden, you must find
that the allegation has not been proved.
New January 2006; Revised April 2011
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2023
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