NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 208.06
CASTRATION OR OTHER MAIMING WITHOUT MALICE AFORETHOUGHT. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with [castration] [maiming].
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant [cut] [slit] [bit off] [cut off] [disabled]
[maimed] [disfigured] the victim's [nose] [lip] [ear] [(name limb)] [(name
member)] [(name privy member)], thereby permanently injuring him.
And Second, that the defendant did this on purpose and unlawfully
with the intent to [kill] [maim] [disfigure] [disable] [render impotent]1
the victim.
NOTE WELL: If self-defense is an issue, use N.C.P.I.-
Crim. 308.40 or 308.45, as appropriate.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant, on purpose and unlawfully with
the intent to [kill] [maim] [disfigure] [disable] [render impotent] the
victim [cut] [slit] [bit off] [cut off] [disabled] [maimed] [disfigured] the
victim's (name injured part of body) thereby permanently injuring him, 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.
NOTE WELL: If self-defense is an issue, use mandate
from N.C.P.I.-Crim. 308.40 or 308.45, as appropriate.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 208.06 (March 2002). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-29. 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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