US-CA11 · jury_instructions
11th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) O13.5
Pinkerton Instruction
[Pinkerton v. U.S., 328 U.S. 640 (1946)]
During a conspiracy, if a conspirator commits a crime to advance the
conspiracy toward its goals, then in some cases a coconspirator may be guilty of
the crime even though the coconspirator did not participate directly in the crime.
So regarding counts _____, and Defendants _______________, if you have
first found [either] [any] of those Defendants guilty of the crime of conspiracy as
charged in Count _____, you may also find that Defendant guilty of any of the
crimes charged in Counts _____ even though the Defendant did not personally
participate in the crime. To do so, you must find beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) during the conspiracy a conspirator committed the additional
crime charged to further the conspiracy’s purpose;
(2) the Defendant was a knowing and willful member of the
conspiracy when the crime was committed; and
(3) it was reasonably foreseeable that a coconspirator would commit
the crime as a consequence of the conspiracy.
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- 2026-08-20
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