N.C.P.I.—Crim. 207.71A

The defendant has been charged with unlawful online conduct by a

high-risk sex offender.

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

prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt.

First, that the defendant:

(a) [Communicated online with a person that the defendant

believed to be under 16 years of age];

(b) [Contacted online a person that the defendant believed to be

under 16 years of age];

(c) [Used a web site to gather information about a person that

the defendant believed to be under 16 years of age];

(d) [Used a commercial social networking web site1 in violation of

a policy of the web site which prohibited convicted sex

offenders from using the site and which was posted in a

manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of users].

Second, that the defendant was a person required to register as a

sex offender under North Carolina law;2

And Third, that:

(a) [On (name date) the defendant in (name court) [was convicted

of] [pled guilty to] the aggravated offense3 of (name offense,

e.g. first degree forcible rape) against a person under 18 years

of age in violation of the law of the State of North Carolina]

(b) [The defendant was a recidivist4, that is, that [on (name date)

the defendant in (name court) [was convicted of] [pled guilty

to] the offense of (name offense from G.S. 14-208.6(4), (e.g.

first degree forcible rape) which was against a person under 18

years of age]

(c) [On (name date) the defendant in (name court) [was convicted

of] [pled guilty to] the offense against a minor5 of (name

offense, e.g. kidnapping) in violation of the law of the State of

North Carolina]

(d) [On (name date) the defendant in (name court) [was convicted

of] [pled guilty to] the sexually violent offense6 of (name

offense, e.g. first degree forcible rape) against a person under

18 years of age]

(e) [On (name date) the defendant in (name court) was found to

be a sexually violent predator7, based on a conviction of a

sexually violent offense committed against a minor.]

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

about the alleged date the defendant:

(a) [communicated with a person that the defendant believed to

be under 16 years of age];

(b) [contacted a person that the defendant believed to be under

16 years of age];

(c) [used a web site to gather information about a person that

the defendant believed to be under 16 years of age];

(d) [Used a commercial social networking web site8 in violation of

a policy of the web site which prohibited convicted sex

offenders from using the site and which was posted in a

manner reasonably likely to come to the attention of users].

And that,

(a) [On (name date) the defendant in (name court) [was convicted

of] [pled guilty to] the aggravated offense of (name offense)

against a person under 18 years of age]

(b) [The defendant was a recidivist and at least one offense was

against a person under 18 years of age]

(c) [On (name date) the defendant in (name court) [was convicted

of] [pled guilty to] the offense against a minor of (name

offense)]

(d) [On (name date) the defendant in (name court) [was convicted

of] [pled guilty to] the sexually violent offense of (name

offense) against a person under 18 years of age]

(e) [On (name date) the defendant in (name court) was found to

be a sexually violent predator, based on a conviction of a

sexually violent offense committed against a minor.]

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.