CALCRIM No. 905

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

violation of Penal Code section 241.7].

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

prove that:

1. The defendant was a party to a case for which a jury had been

selected;

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

probably result in the application of force to someone who had

been sworn as a juror [or alternate juror] to decide that case;

3. The defendant did that act willfully;

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

lead a reasonable person to realize that (his/her) act by its nature

would directly and probably result in the application of force to

someone;

[AND]

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

apply force to a person(;/.)

<Give element 6 when instructing on self-defense or defense of another .>

[AND

6. 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 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.]

[It is not a defense that an assault was committed after the trial was

completed.]

New January 2006; Revised February 2025