NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 218.21
UNAUTHORIZED ISSUANCE OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with unauthorized issuance of (a)
corporate instrument(s) with intent to [injure] [defraud] [deceive] any
person.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove five things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that (name corporation) was a corporation.
Second, that the defendant was the [president] [director] [cashier]
[teller] [clerk] [agent] of that corporation.
Third, that the defendant
[a. [issued] [put forth] a certificate of deposit]
[b. drew a(n) [order] [bill of exchange]]
[c. made an acceptance]
[d. assigned a [note] [bond] [draft] [bill of exchange] [mortgage]
[judgment] [decree]] on behalf of the corporation.
Fourth, that the defendant [issued] [drew] [made] [assigned] the
corporate instrument without authority from the directors of the
corporation.
And Fifth, that the defendant intended1 to [injure] [defraud]
[deceive] any [person] [corporation].2
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, (name corporation) was a corporation, that the
defendant was the [president] [director] [cashier] [teller] [clerk] [agent]
of that corporation, and that the defendant, without authority from the
directors of the corporation, [issued] [drew] [made] [assigned] (a) (name
corporate instrument(s)) with the intent to [injure] [defraud] [deceive]
any[person] [corporation], 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. 218.21 (May 2003). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-254. 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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