MT · jury_instructions
Mont. Crim. Jury Instr. 7-101(a) (2022)
Issues in Bribery in Official and Political Matters
To convict the Defendant of bribery, the State must prove the following elements:
1. That the Defendant [offered to] [conferred upon] [agreed to confer upon] [solicited from] [accepted from] [agreed to accept from] another any pecuniary benefit;
AND
2. That the Defendant did so as a consideration for the [Defendant's] [recipient's] [decision] [opinion] [recommendation] [vote] [exercise of discretion] as a [public servant] [party official] [voter];
AND
3. That the Defendant acted purposely or knowingly.
OR
1. That the Defendant [offered to] [conferred upon] [agreed to confer upon] [solicited from] [accepted from] [agreed to accept from] another any benefit;
AND
2. [That the Defendant did so as consideration for the (Defendant's) (recipient's) (decision) (vote) (recommendation) (exercise of official discretion) in a(n) (judicial) (administrative) proceeding;]
[That the Defendant did so as consideration for a violation of a known duty as a (public servant) (party official);]
AND
3. That the Defendant acted purposely or knowingly.
If you find from your consideration of the evidence that all of these elements have been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, then you should find the Defendant guilty.
If, on the other hand, you find from your consideration of the evidence that any of these elements has not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt then you should find the Defendant not guilty.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.mt.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2009
- Content hash
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