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5th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 2.66
MISUSE OF A PASSPORT
18 U.S.C. § 1544 (FIRST AND SECOND PARAGRAPHS)
Title 18, United States Code, Section 1544, makes it a crime for anyone willfully and
knowingly to use [attempt to use] a passport issued or designed for the use of another [in violation
of the conditions or restrictions contained in the passport] [in viol ation of the rules governing the
issuance of passports].
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 used [attempted to use] a passport;
Second: That the passport was issued or designed for the use of someone other than the
defendant [that the use or attempted use violated the conditions or restrictions contained in the
passport] [that the use or attempted use violated the rules governing the issuance of passports]; and
Third: That the defendant used [attempted to use] the passport willfully and knowingly,
that is, deliberately, voluntarily, and knowing that the passport was issued or designed for the use
of someone other than the defendant [with the intent to violate the conditions or restrictions
contained in the passport] [with the intent to violate the rules governing the issuance of passports].
[Fourth: That the defendant used [attempted to use] the passport to facilitate an act of
international terrorism [a drug trafficking crime].]
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