5th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 2.88

18 U.S.C. § 2313

Title 18, United States Code, Section 2313, makes it a crime for anyone to receive any

motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft which has crossed a state or United States boundary after being

stolen, 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] in question was stolen;

Second: That the motor vehicle [vessel] [aircraft] had crossed a state or United States

boundary after being stolen;

Third: That the defendant received the stolen motor vehicle [vessel] [aircraft]; and

Fourth: That the defendant knew the motor vehicle [vessel] [aircraft] to have been stolen

at the time the defendant received it.

Before a defendant can be convicted of the offense charged, the government must prove

beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant knew that the property had been stolen, but it is not

required to prove that the defendant knew that the property had crossed a state or United States

boundary after being stolen.

The word “stolen” means all wrongful and dishonest takings of motor vehicles, vessels, or

aircrafts with the intent to deprive the owner, temporarily or permanently, of the rights and benefits

of ownership.