NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 214.43
PREPARATION TO COMMIT BREAKING OR ENTERING INTO MOTOR VEHICLES—[BUYING] [SELLING] [TRANSFERRING] A MOTOR VEHICLE [MASTER KEY] [MANIPULATIVE KEY] [KEY CUTTING DEVICE] [LOCK-PICKING DEVICE] [HOT WIRING DEVICE]. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with preparation to commit breaking
or entering into a motor vehicle by [buying] [selling] [transferring] a motor
vehicle [master key] 1 [manipulative key] 2 [key cutting device] [lock-picking
device] [hot wiring device].
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant willfully [bought] [sold] [transferred] a motor
vehicle [master key]1 [manipulative key]2 [key cutting device] [lock-picking
device] [hot wiring device].
Second, that the defendant [bought] [sold] [transferred] 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.
And Third, that the motor vehicle [master key] [manipulative key]
[key cutting device] [lock-picking device] [hot wiring device] was [[designed
to] [capable of]] [open(ing) the [door] [trunk] of any motor vehicle]
[start(ing) the engine of a motor vehicle].
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant willfully [bought] [sold] [transferred] a
motor vehicle [master key] [manipulative key] [key cutting device] [lock
picking device] [hot wiring device] with the intent to commit a [felony]
[larceny] [unauthorized use of a motor propelled conveyance], that the
motor vehicle [master key] [manipulative key] [key cutting device] [lock-picking device] [hot wiring device] was [[designed to] [capable of]]
[open(ing) the [door] [trunk] of any motor vehicle] [start(ing) the engine of
a motor vehicle], 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. 214.43 (Replacement June 2006). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-56.4(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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