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N.C.P.I.—Crim. 207.15.3

STATUTORY SEXUAL OFFENSE AGAINST AN ALLEGED VICTIM WHO WAS THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, OR FIFTEEN YEARS OLD. (OFFENSES PRIOR TO DEC. 1, 2015) FELONY.

activein force · 2016-06-01 – presentas-observed

The defendant has been charged with statutory sexual offense against

an alleged victim who was [thirteen] [fourteen] [fifteen] years old at the

time of the offense.

For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must

prove four things beyond a reasonable doubt:

First, that the defendant engaged in a sexual act with the alleged

victim. A sexual act means

(A) [cunnilingus, which is any touching, however slight, by the lips

or tongue of one person to any part of the female sex organ of

another.]1

(B) [fellatio, which is any touching by the lips or tongue of one

person and the male sex organ of another.]2

(C) [analingus, which is any touching by the lips or tongue of one

person and the anus of another.]

(D) [anal intercourse, which is any penetration, however slight, of

the anus of any person by the male sexual organ of another.]

(E) [any penetration, however slight, by an object into the [genital]

[anal] opening of a person's body.]

Second, that at the time of the act[s], the alleged victim was

[thirteen] [fourteen] [fifteen] years old.

Third, that at the time of the act[s], the defendant was [at least six]

[more than four but less than six] years older than the alleged victim.

And Fourth, that at the time of the act[s], the defendant was not

lawfully married to the alleged victim.

If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or

about the alleged date the defendant engaged in a sexual act with the

alleged victim who was [thirteen] [fourteen] [fifteen] years old, and that the

defendant was [at least six] [more than four but less than six] years older

than the victim, and was not lawfully married to the victim, it would be your

duty to return a verdict of guilty. If you do not so find or have a reasonable

doubt as to one or more of these things, it would be your duty to return a

verdict of not guilty.

History

N.C.P.I.—Crim. 207.15.3 (Replacement June 2016). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.7A. 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.

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2026-09-24
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2026-09-24
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