US-CA5 · jury_instructions
5th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 2.44B
POSSESSING A FIREARM IN FURTHERANCE OF THE COMMISSION
OF A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME OR CRIME OF VIOLENCE
18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)
Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1), makes it a crime for anyone to knowingly
possess a firearm in furtherance of a federal drug-trafficking crime [crime of violence].
For you to find the defendant guilty of this crime, you must be convinced that the
government has proven each of the following beyond a reasonable doubt:
First: That the defendant committed the crime alleged in Count ___________. I instruct
you that _________________ is a federal drug-trafficking crime [crime of violence]; and
Second: That the defendant knowingly possessed a firearm , and that possession was in
furtherance of the defendant’s commission of the crime charged in Count ___________.
[Second: That the defendant aided and abetted _____ ( name associate) in committing the
drug-trafficking crime [crime of violence] alleged in Count ____, and knew in advance that
_____________ (name associate) would be armed.].
To prove the defendant possessed a firearm “in furtherance” of the drug- trafficking crime
[crime of violence], the government must prove that the defendant ’s possession of the firearm
furthered, advanced, or helped forward that crime.
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