US-CA5 · jury_instructions
5th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 2.72B
POSSESSING CONTRABAND IN PRISON
18 U.S.C. § 1791(a)(2)
Title 18, United States Code, Section 1791 makes it a crime for an inmate of a prison to
make, possess, or obtain, or to attempt to make, possess, or obtain, a prohibited object.
For you to find the defendant guilty, you must be convinced that the government has proved
each of the following beyond a reasonable doubt:
First: That the defendant was an inmate of a prison;
Second: That the defendant knowingly made [possessed] [obtained] [attempted to make]
[attempted to obtain] [attempted to possess] an object; and
Third: That the object is a prohibited object.
The term “prison” means a Federal correctional, detention, or penal facility or any prison,
institution, or facility in which persons are held in custody by direction of or pursuant to a contract
or agreement with the Attorney General.
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- 2026-08-19
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- 2026-08-19
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