US-CA6 · jury_instructions
6th Cir. Pattern Crim. Jury Instr. 4.02
ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT
(1) _______ is not charged with actually committing the crime of _______. Instead, he is charged with helping someone else try to avoid being arrested, prosecuted or punished for that crime. A person who does this is called an accessory after the fact.
(2) For you to find _______ guilty of being an accessory after the fact, the government must prove each and every one of the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
(A) First, that the defendant knew someone else had already committed the crime of _______.
(B) Second, that the defendant then helped that person try to avoid being arrested, prosecuted or punished.
(C) And third, that the defendant did so with the intent to help that person avoid being arrested, prosecuted or punished.
(3) If you are convinced that the government has proved all of these elements, say so by returning a guilty verdict on this charge. If you have a reasonable doubt about any one of these elements, then you must find the defendant not guilty of this charge.
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