The defendant is charged in [Count _____ of] the indictment with illegal use of a communication facility in violation of Section 843(b) of Title 21 of the United States Code. For the defendant to be found guilty of that charge, the government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant knowingly or intentionally used [a telephone] [the mail] [a radio] [a wire] to help bring about [specify illegal act or acts] as charged in [Count _____ of] the indictment].
Comment
For a definition of “knowingly,” see Instruction 4.8 (Knowingly).
Revised Mar. 2018
Links
[1] https://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/jury-instructions/sites/default/files/_WPD/12.16_criminal_rev_3_2022.docx