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N.C.P.I.—Crim. 208.90G

DISCHARGING A BARRELED WEAPON INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY INFLICTING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. FELONY.

activein force · 2011-06-01 – presentas-observed

The defendant has been charged with discharging a barreled

weapon1 into occupied property2 inflicting serious bodily injury.

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

prove four things beyond a reasonable doubt:

First, that the defendant willfully or wantonly discharged a barreled

weapon into a(n) [building] [structure] [vehicle] [aircraft] [watercraft]

[(describe other conveyance)] [device] [equipment] [erection]

[enclosure]3 (without justification or excuse).4 An act is willful or wanton

when it is done intentionally with knowledge or a reasonable ground to

believe that the act would endanger the rights or safety or others. A

barreled weapon is a weapon capable of discharging shot, bullets,

pellets, or other missiles at a muzzle velocity of at least 600 feet per

second.

Second, that the [building] [structure] [vehicle] [aircraft]

[watercraft] [(describe other conveyance)] [device] [equipment]

[erection] [enclosure] was occupied by one or more persons at the time

that the barreled weapon was discharged.

Third, that the defendant [knew] [had reasonable grounds to

believe] that the [building] [structure] [vehicle] [aircraft] [watercraft]

[(describe other conveyance)] [device] [equipment] [erection] [enclosure]

was occupied by one or more persons.

And Fourth, that the defendant’s action resulted in serious bodily

injury to the victim. Serious bodily injury is defined as bodily injury that

creates or causes [a substantial risk of death] [serious permanent

disfigurement] [coma] [a permanent or protracted condition that causes

extreme pain] [permanent or protracted loss or impairment of the

functions of any bodily member or organ] [prolonged hospitalization].

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

about the alleged date, the defendant willfully or wantonly and

intentionally discharged a barreled weapon into a(n) [building] [structure]

[vehicle] [aircraft] [watercraft] [(describe other conveyance)] [device]

[equipment] [erection] [enclosure] (without justification or excuse),5

while it was occupied by one or more persons, that defendant knew it

was occupied by one or more persons (or had reasonable grounds to

believe that it was occupied by one or more persons), and that the

defendant inflicted serious bodily injury to the victim(s), 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.6

History

N.C.P.I.—Crim. 208.90G (June 2011). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-34.1(c). 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
Edition
2026-09-24
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