US-CA9 · jury_instructions
9th Cir. Model Jury Instr. (Criminal) 10.4
Bribery of Witness (18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(3))
The defendant is charged in [Count _______ of] the indictment with bribery of a witness in violation of Section 201(b)(3) of Title 18 of the United States Code. For the defendant to be found guilty of that charge, the government must prove each of the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, [name of witness] was to be a witness under oath at a [specify proceeding];
Second, the defendant [gave] [offered] [promised] something of value, [specify the thing of value], to [name of witness]; and
Third, the defendant acted corruptly, that is, with the intent to influence [[the testimony of [name of witness]] [[name of witness] to be absent from the proceeding].
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