CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 440
Accessories (Pen. Code, § 32)
The defendant is charged [in Count] with being an accessory to a
felony [in violation of Penal Code section 32].
To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must
prove that:
1. Another person, whom I will call the perpetrator, committed a
felony;
2. The defendant knew that the perpetrator had committed a felony
or that the perpetrator had been charged with or convicted of a
felony;
3. After the felony had been committed, the defendant either
harbored, concealed, or aided the perpetrator;
AND
4. When the defendant acted, (he/she) intended that the perpetrator
avoid or escape arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment.
[To decide whether the perpetrator committed the (felony/felonies) of
<insert offense[s]>, please refer to the separate instructions
that I (will give/have given) you on (that/those) crime[s].]
New January 2006
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2019
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