NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 214.55
(MISDEMEANOR) BREAKING INTO COIN- OR CURRENCY-OPERATED MACHINES.
NOTE WELL: This instruction is also to be used when
the defendant admits a previous conviction under N.C.
Gen. Stat. §§ 14-56.1 or 14-56.3. See N.C. Gen. Stat.
§ 15A-928.
The defendant has been charged with forcibly breaking into a [coin]
[currency] -operated machine.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove four things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant broke into a [coin] [currency] -operated
machine. (Describe machine) is a [coin] [currency] -operated machine.
Second, that the defendant did so forcibly. (Describe how breaking
occurred) would be a forcible breaking.2
Third, that no authorized person consented to this forcible
breaking.
And Fourth, that at the time the defendant broke into the machine,
he intended to steal money or property from it; that is, he intended to
deprive the rightful owner permanently of possession of the money or
property.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant forcibly broke into a [coin]
[currency] -operated machine without authority, intending at that time to
steal money or property contained therein, 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. 214.55 (May 2002). N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 14-56.1, 14-56.3. 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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