NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 214.41
PREPARATION TO COMMIT BREAKING OR ENTERING INTO MOTOR VEHICLES—POSSESSION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE [MASTER KEY] [MANIPULATIVE KEY] [LOCK-PICKING DEVICE] [HOT WIRING DEVICE]. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with preparation to commit breaking
or entering into a motor vehicle by possessing a motor vehicle [master key] 1
[manipulative key] 2 [lock-picking device] [hot wiring device].
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant possessed a motor vehicle [master key]1
[manipulative key]2 [lock-picking device] [hot wiring device].
And Second, that the defendant possessed this device with the intent
to commit a(n) [felony] [larceny] [unauthorized use] of a motor propelled
conveyance. (Description of the crime) is a [felony] [larceny] [unauthorized
use of a motor propelled conveyance]. A (description of the vehicle) is a
motor propelled conveyance.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant possessed a motor vehicle [master
key] [manipulative key] [lock picking device] [hotwiring device] with the
intent to commit a(n) [felony][larceny][unauthorized use of a motor
propelled conveyance], 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.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 214.41 (Replacement June 2006). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-56.4(b). 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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