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5th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 2.25
EXPORTATION OF STOLEN VEHICLES
18 U.S.C. § 553(a)(1) (FIRST PARAGRAPH)
Title 18, United States Code, Section 553(a)(1), makes it a crime for anyone knowingly to
export [import] [attempt to import] [attempt to export] any motorized vehicle knowing that the
vehicle had been stolen.
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 knowingly exported [imported] [attempted to import] [attempted
to export] a motor vehicle [off-highway mobile equipment] [vessel] [aircraft] [a part of any motor
vehicle] [a part of an off-highway mobile equipment] [a part of a vessel] [a part of an aircra ft] as
described in the indictment; and
Second: That the defendant knew the motor vehicle [off -highway mobile equipment]
[vessel] [aircraft] [a part of any motor vehicle] [a part of an off-highway mobile equipment] [a part
of a vessel] [a part of an aircraft] had been stolen.
To “export” [“import”] means to send or carry from one country to another.
To have been “stolen” means a person wrongfully took property belonging to another with
the intent to deprive the owner of its use and benefit either temporarily or permanently.
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