SERIES 900 ASSAULTIVE AND BATTERY CRIMES
F 983 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor (PC 417(a)(1) & (2))
TABLE OF CONTENTS
F 983.1 Titles And Identification Of Parties
F 983.1 Inst 1 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Title
F 983.1 Inst 2 Identification Of Prosecution And Defendant
F 983.2 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Tailoring To Facts: Persons, Places, Things And Theories
F 983.2 Inst 1 Separate Enumeration Of Elements; Tailoring To Facts
F 983.3 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Language That Is Argumentative, Confusing, Etc.
F 983.3 Inst 1 Specification Of Cross-Referenced Instruction
F 983.3 Inst 2 Deletion Of Argumentative Language
F 983.4 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Burden Of Proof Issues
F 983.4 Inst 1 Relating Prosecution Burden To Enumerated Elements
F 983.5 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Elements And Definitions
F 983.5 Inst 1 Brandishing Firearm: Definition of “Rude” (PC 417)
F 983.6 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Defense Theories
F 983.6 Inst 1 Clarification Of Self-Defense
F 983.6 Inst 2 Brandishing: Weapon Drawn In Jest (PC 417)
F 983.7 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Preliminary Fact Issues [Reserved]
F 983.8 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Unanimity/ Duplicity/ Multiplicity [Reserved]
F 983.9 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Lesser Offense Issues [Reserved]
F 983 NOTES
F 983 Note 1 Brandishing Firearm In Self-Defense – Immediate Threat To Use Force
F 983 Note 2 Self-Defense Generally
F 983 Note 3 Self-Defense Available When Defendant Threatens To Use Force
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F 983.1 Titles And Identification Of Parties
F 983.1 Inst 1 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Title
See generally FORECITE F 200.1.2 Note 2, CALCRIM Motion Bank # CCM-002, CCM-003, and CCM-004.
F 983.1 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 983.2 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Tailoring To Facts: Persons, Places, Things And Theories
F 983.2 Inst 1 Separate Enumeration Of Elements; Tailoring To Facts
*Modify CC 983, Element 1, as follows [added language is underlined; deleted language is stricken]:
1. The defendant drew or exhibited a (firearm/deadly weapon);
2. (He/she) did so in the immediate presence of someone else ______________ <name of alleged victim>;
[AND]
[Renumber remaining Elements]
Points and Authorities
Separate Enumeration—See FORECITE F 3500.2 Inst 1.
Tailoring To Facts—See FORECITE F 400.2 Inst 1.
F 983.3 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Language That Is Argumentative, Confusing, Etc.
F 983.3 Inst 1 Specification Of Cross-Referenced Instruction
*Modify CC 983, paragraph 5, as follows [added language is underlined; deleted language is stricken]:
[The term[s] (firearm[,]/ deadly weapon[,]/ [and] great bodily injury) (is/are) defined in another Instructions to which you should refer must apply to this instruction.]
Points and Authorities
See FORECITE F 524.3 Inst 2.
F 983.3 Inst 2 Deletion Of Argumentative Language
*Modify CC 983, paragraph 6, as follows [deleted language is stricken]:
[It is not required that the firearm be loaded.]
Points and Authorities
See FORECITE F 416.3 Inst 4.
F 983.4 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Burden Of Proof Issues
F 983.4 Inst 1 Relating Prosecution Burden To Enumerated Elements
See FORECITE F 400.4 Inst 1.
F 983.5 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Elements And Definitions
F 983.5 Inst 1 Brandishing Firearm: Definition of “Rude” (PC 417)
*Add to CC 983:
For purposes of this instruction, the term “rude” means rough, incivil, and violent.
Points and Authorities
See FORECITE F 981.5 Inst 1.
F 983.6 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Defense Theories
F 983.6 Inst 1 Clarification Of Self-Defense
*Modify CC 983, Element 3, as follows [added language is underlined; deleted language is stricken]:
5. The defendant did not act draw or exhibit the firearm [either] (in self-defense/ [or] in defense of someone else) [,or both].]
Points and Authorities
See FORECITE F 981.6 Inst 1.
F 983.6 Inst 2 Brandishing: Weapon Drawn In Jest(PC 417)
See FORECITE F 982.6 Inst 2.
F 983.7 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Preliminary Fact Issues [Reserved]
F 983.8 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Unanimity/ Duplicity/ Multiplicity [Reserved]
F 983.9 Brandishing Firearm Or Deadly Weapon: Misdemeanor—Lesser Offense Issues [Reserved]