NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 216.58
[RECEIVING] [POSSESSING] RETAIL PROPERTY OBTAINED BY ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with [receiving] [possessing] retail
property1 obtained by organized retail theft2.
In order for you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the
State must prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant [received] [possessed] any retail property
[taken] [stolen] by organized retail theft. Organized retail theft occurs
when a person conspires with another person to commit theft of retail
property from a retail establishment, with a value3 exceeding $1,500
aggregated over a 90-day period, with the intent to sell that retail
property and who takes or causes that retail property to be placed in the
control of a retail property fence4 or other person in exchange for
consideration.
And Second, that the defendant [knew] [had reasonable grounds to
believe] this property was stolen.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant [received] [possessed] any retail
property [taken] [stolen] by organized retail theft, and that the
defendant [knew] [had reasonable grounds to believe] the property was
stolen, 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 both of these things, it
would be your duty to return a verdict of not guilty.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 216.58 (June 2009). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-86.6(a)(2). 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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