NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 100.33
RECESSES.
NOTE WELL: Prior to the first recess, use N.C.P.I.-Crim.
100.31. These instructions may be used for all
subsequent recesses.
Members of the jury, we will now take a (state length) recess. I
remind you to observe during this recess the rules that I gave you earlier.
Do not talk or communicate with each other or with anyone else about
any matter connected with this place or allow anyone to talk about it in
your presence. Do not talk to or have any contact with any of the parties,
attorneys, or witnesses. Do not conduct any investigation, or receive or
attempt to receive any reports or information related to this case from
any source, including the media, the Internet, social networking or any
other means. Do not form or express an opinion about the case. [Do not
go to any location mentioned in the evidence. If your routine course of
travel to or from the courthouse takes you past any such location,
remember that you must not conduct any independent investigation
about any matter connected with this trial.2]
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 100.33 (June 2010). Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
Provenance
- Source
- sog.unc.edu
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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