NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 215.87
MAKING A FALSE REPORT CONCERNING A THREAT OF MASS VIOLENCE ON EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with making a false report
concerning an act of mass violence [on educational property] [at the
location of a curricular or extracurricular activity sponsored by a school].
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant reported by any means of communication
to any [person] [group of persons] that (describe threat of mass
violence2) was going to occur at (describe place).
Second, that (describe place) was [an educational property]3 (or)
[the location of a curricular or extracurricular activity sponsored by a
school]4.
And Third, that this report of mass violence was false and the
defendant knew or had reason to know 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]
(or) [group of persons] that (describe threat of mass violence) was going
to occur at (describe place), [an educational property] (or) [the location
of a curricular or extracurricular activity sponsored by a school], 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. 215.87 (June 2008). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-277.5(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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