NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 215.85B
MAKING A FALSE REPORT CONCERNING A DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE-(PUBLIC BUILDING). FELONY.
NOTE WELL: Effective September 1, 1999, applying to
offenses committed on or after that date, this is a
Class H felony. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-69.1(c) also
provides that "[a]ny person who receives a second
conviction for a violation of this subsection within five
years of the first conviction for violation of this
subsection is guilty of a Class G felony."
The defendant has been charged with making a false report
concerning a destructive device in a public building.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove four things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant reported by any means of communication
to any [person] (or) [group of persons] that (describe device designed to
destroy or damage by explosion, blasting, or burning) was [located in]
[located in sufficient proximity to cause damage to] (describe place).
Second, that (describe place) was a public building.2
Third, that this report was false.
And Fourth, that the defendant knew or had reason to know that it
was false.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant falsely reported to another person
that (describe device designed to destroy or damage by explosion,
blasting, or burning) was [located in] [located in sufficient proximity to
cause damage to] (describe place), which was a public building, and that
the defendant knew or had reason to know that the report was false, 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. 215.85B (June 2006). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-69.1(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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