NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 216.83
[CUTTING] [MUTILATING] [DEFACING] [OTHERWISE INJURING] PROPERTY TO OBTAIN NONFERROUS METALS—PROPERTY [INJURY] [LOSS IN VALUE] [REPAIRS] [LOSS INCLUDING FIXTURES OR IMPROVEMENTS] $1,000 OR MORE (BUT LESS THAN $10,000). FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with [cutting] [mutilating] [defacing]
[otherwise injuring] property to obtain nonferrous metals1.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant acted willfully and wantonly;
Second, that the defendant [cut] [mutilated] [defaced] [injured] any
[personal] [real] property2 of another including any [fixtures]
[improvements] for the purpose of obtaining nonferrous metals in any
amount;
And Third, that [the direct injury to the property] [the amount of loss
in value to the property] [the amount of repairs necessary to return the
property to its condition before the act] [the property loss including fixtures
or improvements] was $1,000 or more, but less than $10,0000.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant willfully and wantonly [cut] [mutilated]
[defaced] [injured] any [personal] [real] property of another including any
[fixtures] [improvements] for the purpose of obtaining nonferrous metals in
any amount, and that [the direct injury to the property] [the amount of loss
in value to the property] [the amount of repairs necessary to return the
property to its condition before the act] [the property loss including fixtures
or improvements] was $1,000 or more, but less than $10,0000, 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, then it would be your
duty to return a verdict of not guilty.3
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 216.83 (June 2013). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-159.4 (c)(1). 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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