NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 208.83
ASSAULT UPON A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant is charged with assault1 upon a school [employee]
[volunteer].
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove four things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant assaulted the victim intentionally.2
(Describe the assault.)
Second, that the victim was a school [employee] [volunteer].3
Third, that the victim was assaulted:
a) while [discharging] [attempting to discharge] his duties 4 as a
school [employee] [volunteer].
b) as a result of the [discharge of] [attempt to discharge] his
duties as a school [employee] [volunteer].
And Fourth, that the defendant knew or had reasonable grounds to
know that the victim was a school [employee] [volunteer].
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant intentionally assaulted the victim,
that the victim was a school [employee] [volunteer], that the victim was
assaulted [while discharging] [while attempting to discharge] [as a result
of the [discharge] [attempt to discharge]] his duties as a school
[employee] [volunteer], and that the defendant knew or had reasonable
grounds to know that the victim was a school [employee] [volunteer], it
would be your
duty to return a verdict of guilty.5 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. 208.83 (June 2011). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-33(c)(6). 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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