CALCRIM No. 900

Victim (Pen. Code, §§ 240, 241)

The defendant is charged [in Count] with assault on a

(firefighter/peace officer/ <insert description of other person

from Pen. Code, § 241(b/c)>) [in violation of Penal Code section 241(b/c)].

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

prove that:

1. The defendant did an act that by its nature would directly and

probably result in the application of force to a person;

2. The defendant did that act willfully;

3. When the defendant acted, (he/she) was aware of facts that would

lead a reasonable person to realize that (his/her) act would

directly, naturally, and probably result in the application of force

to someone;

4. When the defendant acted, (he/she) had the present ability to

apply force to a person;

5. When the defendant acted, the person assaulted was lawfully

performing (his/her) duties as a (firefighter/peace officer/

<insert description of other person from Pen. Code,

§ 241(b) or (c)>);

[AND]

6. When the defendant acted, (he/she) knew, or reasonably should

have known, that the person assaulted was a (firefighter/peace

officer/ <insert description of other person from Pen.

Code, § 241(b) or (c)>) (who was performing (his/her) duties/

providing emergency medical care)(;/.)

<Give element 7 when instructing on self-defense or defense of another .>

[AND

7. The defendant did not act (in self-defense/ [or] in defense of

someone else).]

Someone commits an act willfully when he or she does it willingly or on

purpose. It is not required that he or she intend to break the law, hurt

someone else, or gain any advantage.

The terms application of force and apply force mean to touch in a

harmful or offensive manner. The slightest touching can be enough if it

is done in a rude or angry way. Making contact with another person,

including through his or her clothing, is enough. The touching does not

have to cause pain or injury of any kind.

[The touching can be done indirectly (by causing an object [or someone

else] to touch the other person/ [or] by touching something held by or

attached to the other person).]

[The People are not required to prove that the defendant actually

touched someone.]

The People are not required to prove that the defendant actually

intended to use force against someone when (he/she) acted.

No one needs to actually have been injured by the defendant’s act. But if

someone was injured, you may consider that fact, along with all the

other evidence, in deciding whether the defendant committed an assault[,

and if so, what kind of assault it was].

[Voluntary intoxication is not a defense to assault.]

[A person employed as a police officer by <insert name of

agency that employs police offıcer> is a peace officer.]

[A person employed by <insert name of agency that employs

peace offıcer , e.g., “the Department of Fish and Wildlife”> is a peace officer

if <insert description of facts necessary to make employee a

peace offıcer , e.g., “designated by the director of the agency as a peace

offıcer”> .]

[The duties of a <insert title of peace offıcer specified in Pen.

Code, § 830 et seq.> include <insert job duties>.]

[A firefighter includes anyone who is an officer, employee, or member of

a (governmentally operated (fire department/fire protection or

firefighting agency) in this state/federal fire department/federal fire

protection or firefighting agency), whether or not he or she is paid for his

or her services.]

New January 2006; Revised April 2008, April 2011, February 2025