NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 216.97
UNLAWFUL TAKING AND CARRYING AWAY OF ANY [HORSE] [MARE] [GELDING] [MULE] [DOG] WITH THE INTENT TO DEPRIVE THE OWNER OF THE [SPECIAL] [TEMPORARY] USE OF SUCH PROPERTY. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with unlawfully, secretly and against
the will of the owner taking and carrying away a [horse] [mare] [gelding]
[mule] [dog] with intent to deprive the owner of the [special] [temporary]
use of the property. 1
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant took and carried away a [horse] [mare]
[gelding] [mule] [dog] belonging to another person. 2
Second, that the defendant did this unlawfully, secretly and against
the will of the owner.
And Third, that the defendant did this with the intent to deprive the
owner of the [special] [temporary] use of the animal.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant took and carried away the [horse]
[mare] [gelding] [mule] [dog] belonging to another person, that the
defendant did this unlawfully, secretly and against the will of the owner and
that the defendant intended to deprive the owner of the [special]
[temporary] use of the [horse] [mare] [gelding] [mule] [dog], then 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. 216.97 (Replacement February 2003). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-82. 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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