NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 220.34
PATTERN OF RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE FRAUD. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with a pattern of residential
mortgage fraud.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove five things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant with the intent that a [mortgage lender]
[mortgage broker] [borrower] [any other person or entity that is involved
in the mortgage lending process (describe person or entity)] rely on the
[misstatement] [misrepresentation] [omission]1 knowingly
[(a) [made] [attempted to make] any material2 [misstatement]
[misrepresentation] within the mortgage lending process3].
[(b) omitted material information within the mortgage lending
process].
[(c) [used] [facilitated the use of] [attempted to use] [attempted
to facilitate the use of] any material [misstatement]
[misrepresentation] [omission] within the mortgage lending
process].
Second, that the residential mortgage fraud involved five (or more)
mortgage loans. A mortgage loan is a loan primarily secured by either (i)
a mortgage or a deed of trust on residential real property or (ii) a security
interest in a manufactured home located or to be located on residential
real property. The mortgage loans involved were: (Describe each
mortgage loan involved, e.g., lender name, borrower name, loan amount,
loan number, date of transaction, etc.)
Third, that the mortgage loans were interrelated to each other by
the same or similar [intents] [results] [accomplices] [victims] (or)
[methods of commission] (or) [by other distinguishing characteristics
(describe other characteristics)]. In other words, the mortgage loans
involved were related and had continuity.
Fourth, that the defendant acted with the intent to [deceive]
[defraud].4
And Fifth, that the defendant acted for financial gain.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant with the intent that a [mortgage
lender] [mortgage broker] [borrower] [any other person or entity that is
involved in the mortgage lending process (describe person or entity)] rely
on the [misstatement] [misrepresentation] [omission] knowingly
[(a) [made] [attempted to make] any material [misstatement]
[misrepresentation] within the mortgage lending process],
[(b) omitted material information within the mortgage lending
process],
[(c) [used] [facilitated the use of] [attempted to use] [attempted
to facilitate the use of] any material [misstatement]
[misrepresentation] [omission] within the mortgage lending
process],
and that the residential mortgage fraud involved five (or more) mortgage
loans interrelated to each other by the same or similar [intents] [results]
[accomplices] [victims] (or) [methods of commission] (or) [by other
distinguishing characteristics (describe other characteristics)], 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. 220.34 (June 2008). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-118.15. 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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