US-CA5 · jury_instructions
5th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 2.87
INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF A STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLE,
VESSEL, OR AIRCRAFT
18 U.S.C. § 2312
Title 18, United States Code, Section 2312, makes it a crime for anyone to transport in
interstate or foreign commerce a stolen motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft, knowing it to have 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 motor vehicle [vessel] [aircraft] was stolen;
Second: That, after the motor vehicle [vessel] [aircraft] was stolen, the defendant
transported it in interstate [foreign] commerce; and
Third: That, at the time the defendant transported the motor vehicle [vessel] [aircraft] in
interstate [foreign] commerce, he [she] knew the motor vehicle [vessel] [aircraft] was stolen.
The word “stolen” as used in the indictment in this case means all wrongful and dishonest
takings of motor vehicles, vessels, or aircraft, with the intent to deprive the owner, temporarily or
permanently, of the rights and benefits of ownership.
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