NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 220.20
SECRETING PROPERTY TO HINDER ENFORCEMENT OF LIEN OR SECURITY INTEREST. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with secreting property to hinder
enforcement of a lien or security interest.1
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove four things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant had (describe property) subject to a [lien]
[security interest].
Second, that a(n) [judgment] [order] to enforce the [lien] [security
interest] had been issued for possession of that property.
Third, that the defendant [refused to surrender the property in his
possession to a law enforcement officer] (or) [[removed] [exchanged]
[secreted] the property].
And Fourth, that the defendant did this with the intent to [prevent]
[hinder] the enforcement of the [lien] [security interest].
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant had (describe property) subject to
a [lien] [security interest], and that a(n) [judgment] [order] to enforce
the [lien] [security interest] had been issued for possession of that
property, and that the defendant [refused to surrender that property] (or)
[[removed] [exchanged] [secreted] that property] with the intent to
[prevent] [hinder] the enforcement of such [lien] [security interest], 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. 220.20 (May 2003). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-115. 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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