NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 208.95G
ASSAULT ON EMERGENCY PERSONNEL. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with assault upon [a law enforcement
officer] [a fireman] [an ambulance attendant] [a utility worker] [a doctor] [a
nurse] [a member of the North Carolina National Guard] [(describe other
persons lawfully engaged in providing essential services or otherwise
discharging or attempting to discharge his or her official duties during the
emergency)].
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must prove
three things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the victim was a [a law enforcement officer] [a fireman] [an
ambulance attendant] [a utility worker] [a doctor] [a nurse] [a member of the
North Carolina National Guard] [(describe other persons lawfully engaged in
providing essential services or otherwise discharging or attempting to
discharge his or her official duties during the emergency)]1;
Second, that the defendant assaulted the [law enforcement officer]
[fireman] [ambulance attendant] [utility worker] [doctor] [nurse] [member of
the North Carolina National Guard] [(describe other persons lawfully engaged
in providing essential services or otherwise discharging or attempting to
discharge his or her official duties during the emergency)] by (describe
assault);
And Third, that the assault was committed in an area [in which a
declared state of emergency existed] [within the immediate vicinity of which
a riot2 was occurring or was imminent].
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the victim was [a law enforcement officer] [a fireman]
[an ambulance attendant] [a utility worker] [a doctor] [a nurse] [a member
of the North Carolina National Guard] [(describe other persons lawfully
engaged in providing essential services or otherwise discharging or attempting
to discharge his or her official duties during the emergency)], that the
defendant assaulted the [law enforcement officer] [fireman] [ambulance
attendant] [utility worker] [doctor] [nurse] [member of the North Carolina
National Guard] [(describe other persons lawfully engaged in providing
essential services or otherwise discharging or attempting to discharge his or
her official duties during the emergency)], and that the assault was committed
in an area [in which a declared state of emergency existed] [within the
immediate vicinity of which a riot was occurring or was imminent], 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, then it would be your
duty to return a verdict of not guilty.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 208.95G (Replacement September 2023). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-288.9(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.
Provenance
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- sog.unc.edu
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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