The defendant is charged [in Count ] with soliciting another person to commit a crime [in violation of Penal Code section 653f].To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must prove that:

1.      The defendant requested [or          <insert other
synonyms for solicit as appropriate>] another person to commit [or join in the commission of] the crime of
___________ <insert target offense>;

[AND]

2.      The defendant intended that the crime of_____________
<insert target offense> be committed(;/.)

<Give element 3 when instructing that person solicited must receive message; see Bench Notes.>

[AND

3.      The other person received the communication containing the request.]

To decide whether the defendant intended that the person commit
____________ <insert target offense>, please refer to the separate
instructions that I (will give/have given) you on that crime.

<Alternative A—Corroboration by One Witness>

[The crime of solicitation must be proved by the testimony of at least one witness and corroborating evidence.]

<Alternative B—Corroboration by Two Witnesses>

[The crime of solicitation must be proved by the testimony of at least two witnesses or by the testimony of one witness and corroborating evidence.]

Corroborating evidence is evidence that (1) tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the crime and (2) is independent of the evidence given by the witness who testified about the solicitation or independent of the facts testified to by that witness. Corroborating evidence need not be strong or even enough to establish each element by itself. Corroborating evidence may