O102.2 Controlled Substances: Continuing Criminal Enterprise - Murder
Official jury instruction text reproduced for information. It is not legal advice; the instruction given in a case depends on the facts and the court.
- Instruction
- O102.2
- Statute
- 21 U.S.C. § 848(e)
- Edition
- Eleventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions (Criminal Cases), revised July 2026
- Official source
- Official PDF, page 714
Elements
Quoted word for word from the official text. Eleventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions (Criminal Cases), revised July 2026.
The Defendant can be found guilty of this crime only if you find the Defendant guilty of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise that existed as charged in count _____, and all the following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) the Defendant intentionally [killed the victim] [ordered or otherwise caused the killing of the victim] as charged in Count _____ of the indictment;
(2) the killing occurred because of and as part of the Defendant’s participating in or working to further the continuing criminal enterprise charged in Count _____ of the indictment; and
(3) The Defendant intended that a killing would result.
Related practice page
Federal Drug Conspiracy, Phone Counts & Continuing Criminal Enterprise
Official source: Official PDF, page 714
Official jury instruction text reproduced for information. It is not legal advice; the instruction given in a case depends on the facts and the court.