MT · jury_instructions
Mont. Crim. Jury Instr. 5-131 (2022)
Sexual Abuse of Children
A person commits the offense of sexual abuse of children if the person:
[knowingly employs, uses, or permits the employment or use of a child in an exhibition of sexual conduct, actual or simulated.]
OR
[knowingly photographs, films, videotapes, develops or duplicates the photographs, films, or videotapes, or records a child engaging in sexual conduct, actual or simulated.]
OR
[knowingly, by any means of communication, including electronic communication, persuades, entices, counsels, or procures a child to engage in sexual conduct, actual or simulated, for use in a(n) (exhibition) (photograph, film, videotape, or recording).]
OR
[knowingly processes, develops, prints, publishes, transports, distributes, sells, exhibits, or advertises any visual or print medium, including a medium by use of electronic communication, in which children are engaged in sexual conduct, actual or simulated.]
OR
[knowingly possesses any visual or print medium, including a medium by use of electronic communication, in which children are engaged in sexual conduct, actual or simulated.]
OR
[finances (insert the appropriate activity listed above) knowing that it is of that nature.]
OR
[knowingly possesses with intent to sell any visual or print medium, including a medium by use of electronic communication, in which children are engaged in sexual conduct, actual or simulated.]
Provenance
- Source
- courts.mt.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2022
- Content hash
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