NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 220.55
FRAUDULENTLY [OBTAINING] [INCREASING] BENEFIT UNDER UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. FELONY, MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with committing unemployment
insurance fraud by making a false [statement] [representation].
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove four things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant made a false [statement]
[representation];
Second, that the defendant did so while [[knowing the [statement]
[representation] to be false]] [[knowing that [he] [she] failed to disclose
a material fact]];
Third, that the defendant did so with the purpose of [obtaining]
[increasing] any benefit under [the Unemployment Insurance Laws] [[an
employment security law of any other [state] [federal government]
[foreign government] for [himself] [herself] [any other person]1;
And Fourth, that the benefit wrongfully obtained by the defendant
had a [value of more than $400] [value of $400 or less].2
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant made a false [statement]
[representation], that the defendant did so while [[knowing the
[statement] [representation] to be false] [[knowing that [he] [she] failed
to disclose a material fact]], that the defendant did so with the purpose
of [obtaining] [increasing] any benefit under [the Unemployment
Insurance Laws] [[an employment security law of any other [state]
[federal government] [foreign government]] for [himself] [herself] [any
other person], and that the benefit wrongfully obtained by the defendant
had a [value of more than $400]
[value of $400 or less], 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.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 220.55 (June 2013). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 96-18(a). 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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