NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 208.43
SIMPLE AFFRAY. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant is charged with simple affray.1
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant engaged in a fight2 with at least one other
person.
Second, that the fight was conducted in a public place. (Name
place) is a public place.3
And Third, that the fight caused terror to other persons present at
the scene of the fight.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant engaged in a fight with at least
one other person in a public place, which caused terror to other persons
present at the scene of the fight, it would be your duty to return a verdict
of guilty. If you do not so find, or have 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. 208.43 (June 2017). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-33. 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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