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Instruction 5.120, Criminal Model Jury Instructions for Use in the District Court
False statement in license application (G.L. c. 90, s. 24 [2][a])
FALSE STATEMENT IN LICENSE APPLICATION
The defendant is charged with making a false statement in his (her)
application for a (driver’s license) (learner’s permit).
In order to prove the defendant guilty of this offense, the
Commonwealth must prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First: That the defendant made an application for a (driver’s license)
(learner’s permit) to operate motor vehicles in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts;
Second: That in that application the defendant made a statement
which was false; and
Third: That the defendant knew that the statement was false when he
(she) made it.
See Instruction 3.140 (Knowledge).
G.L. c. 90, § 24(2)(a); Commonwealth v. Kraatz, 2 Mass. App. Ct. 196, 201-202, 310 N.E.2d 368,
371-372 (1974) (offense requires scienter).
History
Instruction 5.120, Criminal Model Jury Instructions for Use in the District Court (2009 Edition). Published by the Administrative Office of the District Court, District Court Department of the Trial Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on www.mass.gov. © 1988-2009 Administrative Office of the District Court; reproduced under its title-page permission ("You may freely reproduce or copy this work if you identify its source and any changes made to the original work"). Source: https://www.mass.gov/doc/5120-false-statement-in-license-application-gl-c-90-s-24-2a/download. Changes made: the text is extracted from the published PDF (verified by three extraction engines); the running headers, page numbers and line layout are removed, and a closing NOTES section, where printed, is carried as the note.
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