US-CA11 · jury_instructions
11th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) O68.1
Providing Contraband to a Federal Prisoner
18 U.S.C. § 1791(a)(1)
It’s a Federal crime to knowingly provide a prohibited object to a Federal
prisoner.
The Defendant can be found guilty of this crime only if all the following
facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) [inmate’s name] was an inmate of a Federal prison or correctional
facility at the time stated in the indictment;
(2) the Defendant knowingly provided or attempted to provide a
prohibited object to [inmate’s name]; and
(3) providing or attempting to provide the object to [inmate’s name]
violated [a statute] [a rule or order issued under a statute].
To “provide” an object to a person is to knowingly deliver or transfer the
object to another person directly or by indirect means.
A “prohibited object” is [describe the object as enumerated in subsection (d)
(1) of the statute].
The knowing transfer, delivery, or provision of [describe the object as
enumerated in subsection (d) (1) of the statute] to a Federal prisoner at the time
stated in the indictment would have violated [a statute] [a rule or order issued
under a statute].
Provenance
- Source
- ca11.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- criminal-2026-07
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