A person is guilty of Hindering Law Enforcement if that person intentionally interferes with, hinders, delays, or prevents, the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of another person for an offense, by [harboring or concealing the other] [providing the other with a weapon, money, transportation, disguise, or other means of avoiding discovery or apprehension] [concealing, altering, mutilating, or destroying a document or thing, regardless of its admissibility in evidence] [warning the other of impending discovery or apprehension other than in connection with an effort to bring another into compliance with the law] [giving false information or a false report to a law enforcement officer, knowing the information or report to be false] [and the person knows of the conduct of the other and such conduct constitutes a crime] [and the person knows that the other has been charged with or convicted of a crime].

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF OFFENSE

The State’s burden of proof is satisfied if the evidence shows, beyond a reasonable doubt, the following essential elements:

1) On or about [month] [day] [year], in [County], North Dakota, the Defendant, _______________, did intentionally [interfere with] [hinder] [delay] [prevent] the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, punishment of another person for an offense;

2) The Defendant did [harbor or conceal the other] [provide the other with a weapon, money, transportation, disguise, other means of avoiding discovery or apprehension] [conceal, alter, mutilate, destroy, a document or thing, regardless of its admissibility in evidence] [warn the other of impending discovery or apprehension other than in connection with an effort to bring another into compliance with the law] [give false information or a false report to a law enforcement officer knowing the information or report to be false] [.] [; and] [

3) The Defendant knew of the conduct of the other and such conduct constitutes a crime.] [4) The Defendant knew that the other had been charged with or convicted of a crime.]

DEFINITIONS [Insert relevant definitions. NDCC 12.1-01-04, 12.1-02-02.]

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