US-CA10 · jury_instructions
10th Cir. Crim. Pattern Jury Instr. 3.08.9
SUBSTANTIAL PLANNING AND PREMEDITATION
You must unanimously find that the government has proved
beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the
offense after substantial planning and premeditation to cause the
death of a person or commit an act of terrorism. “Planning” means
mentally formulating a method for doing something or achieving
some result. “Premeditation” means thinking or deliberating
about an act before deciding to do it. The planning and
premeditation involved in an offense are “substantial” when they
were ample or considerable, rather than just minimally sufficient,
for commission of the offense.
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