NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 222.16
FELONIOUS INJURY TO HOUSES OR OTHER BUILDINGS INCLUDING LESSER OFFENSE. FELONY, MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with unlawfully and willfully
[demolishing] [pulling down] [destroying] [defacing] [injuring] [damaging]
a(n) [house] [church] [uninhabited house] [outhouse] [other building
(describe building)] resulting in damage of more than five thousand
dollars ($5,000).
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant willfully, that is without justification or
excuse, [demolished] [pulled down] [destroyed] [defaced] [injured]
[damaged] a(n) [house] [church] [uninhabited house] [outhouse] [other
building (describe building)].
And Second, that the defendant’s action resulted in damage of
more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant willfully [demolished] [pulled
down] [destroyed] [defaced] [injured] [damaged] a(n) [house] [church]
[uninhabited house] [outhouse] [other building (describe building)] and
that the defendant’s action resulted in damage of more than five
thousand dollars ($5,000), it would be your duty to return a verdict of
guilty of felonious injury to houses or other buildings. If you do not so
find or have a reasonable doubt as to one or both of these things, you
would not return a verdict of guilty of felonious injury to houses or other
buildings, but you must determine whether the defendant is guilty of
misdemeanor injury to houses or other buildings. This offense differs
from felonious injury to houses or other buildings in that it is not
necessary that the State prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the
damage was more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant willfully [demolished] [destroyed]
[defaced] [injured] [damaged] a(n) [house] [church] [uninhabited house]
[outhouse] [other building (describe building)] and that the defendant’s
action resulted in any damage, it would be your duty to return a verdict of
guilty of misdemeanor injuring houses or other buildings. 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.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 222.16 (June 2009). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-144. 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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