N.C.P.I.—Crim. 210.50

NOTE WELL: This instruction applies to offenses

occurring before December 1, 2006, the effective date

of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-43.12.

The defendant has been charged with involuntary servitude,1 which

is the unlawful holding of a person against that person’s will by coercion

or intimidation for the performance of labor.

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

prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:

First, that the defendant knowingly, willfully and unlawfully

(a) [held a person against that person’s will by [coercion] (or)

[intimidation.]]2

(b) [[enticed] [persuaded] [induced] a person to go to another

place with the intent that the person be held against that person’s

will.]

And Second, that the purpose of such [holding] [enticing]

[persuading] [inducing] the person was for the performance of labor.3

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

about the alleged date, the defendant knowingly, willfully, and unlawfully

(a) [held a person against that person’s will by [coercion]

(or) [intimidation],]

(b) [[enticed] [persuaded] [induced] a person to go to

another place with the intent that the person be held against

that person’s will],

and that the purpose of such [holding] [enticing] [persuading] [inducing]

was for the performance of labor, 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.4

NOTE WELL: When there is evidence of restraint which

may have been without the purpose required to

constitute involuntary servitude, give N.C.P.I.-Crim.

210.40, Felonious Restraint (effective Oct. 1, 1985)

and/or N.C.P.I.-Crim. 210.15 (False Imprisonment) as a

lesser included offense instruction.