NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 215.51
ARSON OR OTHER UNLAWFUL BURNING RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY TO A FIREFIGHTER, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, FIRE INVESTIGATOR, OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with [arson] [unlawful burning] resulting in
serious injury to a [firefighter] [law enforcement officer] [fire investigator]
[emergency medical technician].
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must prove four
things beyond a reasonable doubt.
First, that the defendant committed the felony of (name felony within Article
15 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes). (Define the felony and enumerate its
elements using the Pattern Jury Instruction for that felony.)
Second, that a [firefighter] [law enforcement officer] [fire investigator] 1
[emergency medical technician] 2 suffered serious injury. Serious injury is injury that
causes great pain and suffering. 3
Third, that the serious injury occurred while the [firefighter] [law enforcement
officer] [fire investigator] [emergency medical technician] was [discharging] (or)
[attempting to discharge] that person’s duties.
And Fourth, that the serious injury suffered by the [firefighter] [law
enforcement officer] [fire investigator] [emergency medical technician] occurred
[on] [proximate to] the property where the [[firefighter] [law enforcement officer]
[fire investigator] [emergency medical technician]] [[discharged] (or) [attempted
to discharge]] that person’s duties.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about the
alleged date the defendant committed the felony of (name felony) as I have defined
that offense for you, and that a [firefighter] [law enforcement officer] [fire
investigator] [emergency medical technician] suffered serious injury, which
occurred while the [firefighter] [law enforcement officer] [fire investigator]
[emergency medical technician] was [discharging] (or) [attempting to discharge]
that person’s duties, and that this serious injury occurred [on] [proximate to] the
property that was the subject of the [[firefighter's] [law enforcement officer’s] [fire
investigator’s] [emergency medical technician's]] [discharge of] (or) [attempt to
discharge] that person’s duties, 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. 215.51 (June 2023). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-69.3(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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- 2026-09-24
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- 2026-09-24
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