NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 221.14
POSSESSION OF FIVE OR MORE COUNTERFEIT INSTRUMENTS. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with possession of five or more
counterfeit instruments.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant possessed five (or more) counterfeit
instruments. An instrument is any currency, bill, note, warrant, check,
order or similar document issued by a financial institution or
governmental unit.1 A counterfeit instrument is an instrument that
purports to be genuine, but is not, because it has been falsely copied,
reproduced, forged, manufactured, embossed, encoded, duplicated or
altered.2
NOTE WELL: If constructive possession of instruments
is an issue, or if an amplified definition of actual
possession is needed, the trial judge should refer to
N.C.P.I.-Crim. 104.41.
And Second, that the defendant intended to [injure] [defraud] any
[person] [financial institution] [governmental unit].
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant possessed five (or more)
counterfeit instruments with the intent to [injure] [defraud] any [person]
[financial institution] [governmental unit], 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 both of these things, it would be your duty to return a verdict of
not guilty.3
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 221.14 (June 2008). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-119(b). 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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