NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 220.85
EXPLOITATION OF [DISABLED] [OLDER] ADULT BY A PERSON IN A [POSITION OF TRUST] [BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ADULT]. FELONY.
For you to find the defendant guilt of this offense, the State must
prove four things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant [stood in a position of trust and
confidence with a(n) [disabled] [older] adult] [had a business relationship
with a(n) [disabled]1 [older]2 adult].
Second, that the defendant knowingly [[deceived] [intimidated]]
[[obtained] [used]] [endeavored to [obtain] [use]] a(n) [disabled] [older]
adult’s [funds] [assets] [property].
Third, that the defendant intended to [[temporarily] [permanently]
deprive the [disabled] [older] adult of the [use] [benefit] [possession] of
the [funds] [assets] [property]] [benefit someone other than the
[disabled] [older] adult.
And Fourth, that the [funds] [assets] [property] involved in the
exploitation of the [disabled] [older] adult were valued at [one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000) or more]3 [twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)
or more but less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)]4 [less
than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)]5.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant [stood in a position of trust and
confidence with a(n) [disabled] [older] adult] [had a business relationship
with a(n) [disabled]6 [older]7 adult], and knowingly [[deceived]
[intimidated]] a(n) [disabled] [older] adult [[obtained] [used]]
[endeavored to [obtain] [use]] a(n) [disabled] [older] adult’s [funds]
[assets] [property] intending to [[temporarily] [permanently] deprive the
[disabled] [older] adult of the [use] [benefit] [possession] of the [funds]
[assets], and the [funds] [assets] [property] were valued at [one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000 or more)] [twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)
or more but less than $100,000] [less than twenty thousand dollars
($20,000)], 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. 220.85 (June 2014). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-112.2(b),(d). 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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