Any person eighteen years of age or older who knowingly or willfully causes, aids, abets, encourages, solicits, or recruits a person under the age of eighteen years to participate in a criminal street gang is guilty of Encouraging a Minor to Participate in a Criminal Street Gang.  

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;

2)  The Defendant, __________, knowingly or willfully [caused] [aided] [abetted] [encouraged] [solicited] [recruited] a person under the age of eighteen years to participate in a criminal street gang; and

3)  The Defendant was eighteen years of age or older.

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NDCC 12.1-06.2-03
NDCC 12.1-06.2-01
NDCC 12.1-02-02