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CJI2d[NY] Penal Law § 490.25
CRIME OF TERRORISM
The (specify) count is Crime of Terrorism.
Under our law, a person is guilty of a Crime of Terrorism when, with intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination, or kidnapping, he or she commits a specified offense.
The following terms used in that definition have a special meaning:
A SPECIFIED OFFENSE includes (specify).² A person is guilty of (specify) when (read the applicable portion of the statutory definition of the crime).
INTENT means conscious objective or purpose. Thus, a person acts with intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination, or kidnapping, when his or her conscious objective or purpose is to do so.³
In order for you to find the defendant guilty of this crime, the People are required to prove, from all of the evidence in the case, beyond a reasonable doubt, each of the following two elements:
1. That on or about (date), in the county of (county), the defendant (defendant’s name), committed the offense of (specify); and
2. That the defendant did so with the intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population,
influence the policy of unit of government by intimidation or coercion,
or affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping.
If you find the People have proven beyond a reasonable doubt both of those elements, you must find the defendant guilty of this crime.
If you find the People have not proven beyond a reasonable doubt either one or both of those elements, you must find the defendant not guilty of this crime.
History
Caption: CRIME OF TERRORISM Penal Law § 490.25 (Committed on or after September 17, 2001). Read from the committee's Word file. Prepared by the New York State Unified Court System Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions, Model Colloquies, and Evidence Rules; published by the Unified Court System at nycourts.gov (the internet edition is the only current and official publication of CJI2d).
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- nycourts.gov
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- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
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