5th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 2.09A

18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(1)

Title 18, United States Code, Section 201(b)(1), makes it a crime for anyone to bribe a

public official [juror].

For you to find the defendant guilty of this crime, you must be convinced that the

government has proved each of the following beyond a reasonable doubt:

First: That the defendant directly or indirectly gave [offered] [promised] something of

value to _____________________ (insert name of public official or person selected to be a public

official or juror), a public official [person who has been selected to be a public official] [juror];

and

Second: That the defendant did so corruptly with intent to influence an official act by the

public official [person selected to be a public official] [juror] [persuade the public official [person

selected to be a public official] [juror] to omit [do] an act in v iolation of his [her] lawful duty]

[persuade the public official [person selected to be a public official] [juror] to do an act in violation

of his [her] lawful duty]. The defendant only needs to have promised something of value to the

public officia l [person selected to be a public official] [juror], he [she] need not succeed in

influencing that person.

The term “public official” means Member of Congress, Delegate, or Resident

Commissioner, either before or after such official has qualified, or an officer or employee of or

person acting for or on behalf of the United States, or any department, agency, or branch of

Government thereof, including the District of Columbia, in any official function, under or by

authority of any such department, agency, or branch of Government, or a juror.

[The term “person selected to be a public official” means any person who has been

nominated or appointed to be a public official or has been officially informed that such person will

be nominated or appointed.]

[The term “official act” means any decision or action on any matter, question, cause, suit,

proceeding, or controversy, which may at any time be pending, or which may by law be brought

before any public official, in such official’s official capacity, or in such official’s place of trust or

profit.]

An act is “corruptly” done if it is done intentionally with an unlawful purpose.