SERIES 3100 ENHANCEMENTS AND SENTENCING FACTORS
F 3131 Personally Armed With Firearm
TABLE OF CONTENTS
F 3131.1 Titles And Identification Of Parties
F 3131.1 Inst 1 Personally Armed With Firearm—Title
F 3131.1 Inst 2 Identification Of Prosecution And Defendant
F 3131.2 Personally Armed With Firearm—Tailoring To Facts: Persons, Places, Things And Theories [Reserved]
F 3131.3 Personally Armed With Firearm—Language That Is Argumentative, Confusing, Etc.
F 3131.3 Inst 1 Modification Of Coercive Language That The Jurors “Must Decide” The Enhancement
F 3131.4 Personally Armed With Firearm—Burden Of Proof Issues
F 3131.4 Inst 1 Relating Prosecution Burden To Enumerated Elements
F 3131.5 Personally Armed With Firearm—Elements And Definitions
F 3131.5 Inst 1 Armed With Firearm: Enumeration Of Elements
F 3131 NOTES
F 3131 Note 1 Arming: Nexus Requirement
F 3131 Note 2 Whether Heller Applies To Firearm Enhancement
Return to Series 3100 Table of Contents.
F 3131.1 Titles And Identification Of Parties
F 3131.1 Inst 1 Personally Armed With Firearm—Title
See generally FORECITE F 200.1.2 Note 2, CALCRIM Motion Bank # CCM-002, CCM-003, and CCM-004.
F 3131.1 Inst 2 Identification Of Prosecution And Defendant
See generally FORECITE F 100.2 Note 1and CALCRIM Motion Bank # CCM-005 and CALCRIM Motion Bank # CCM-006.
F 3131.2 Personally Armed With Firearm—Tailoring To Facts: Persons, Places, Things And Theories [Reserved]
F 3131.3 Personally Armed With Firearm—Language That Is Argumentative, Confusing, Etc.
F 3131.3 Inst 1 Modification Of Coercive Language That The Jurors “Must Decide” The Enhancement
*Modify CC 3100, paragraph 1, sentence 1, as follows [added language is underlined; deleted language is stricken]:
If you find the defendant guilty of the crime[s] charged in Count[s] ____ [,] [or of attempting to commit (that/those) crime[s]] [or the lesser crime[s] of ________ <insert name[s] of alleged lesser offense[s]>], you must then try to decide, if you can, whether[, for each crime,] the People have prosecution has proved the additional allegation that the defendant was personally armed with a firearm during the commission [or attempted commission] of that crime. [You must try to decide, if you can, whether the People have proved this allegation for each crime and return a separate finding for each crime.]
Points and Authorities
See FORECITE F 3100.3 Inst 1.
F 3131.4 Personally Armed With Firearm—Burden Of Proof Issues
F 3131.4 Inst 1 Relating Prosecution Burden To Enumerated Elements
See FORECITE F 3100.4 Inst 1.
F 3131.5 Personally Armed With Firearm—Elements And Definitions
F 3131.5 Inst 1 Armed With Firearm: Enumeration Of Elements
Adapt from FORECITE F 3115.5 Inst 1.
F 3131 NOTES
F 3131 Note 1 Arming: Nexus Requirement
See FORECITE F 3115 Note 14.
F 3131 Note 2 Whether Heller Applies To Firearm Enhancement
See FORECITE F 2303 Note 6.
