NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 222.17
MISDEMEANOR INJURY TO HOUSES OR OTHER BUILDINGS.
NOTE WELL: If more than five thousand dollars
($5,000) of damage resulted, use N.C.P.I.-222.16.
The defendant has been charged with unlawfully and willfully
[demolishing] [pulling down] [destroying] [defacing] [injuring] [damaging]
a [house] [church] [uninhabited house] [outhouse] [other building
(describe building)] resulting in any damage.
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 [house] [church] [uninhabited house] [outhouse] [other
building (describe building)].
And Second, that the defendant’s action resulted in any damage.
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 [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. 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. 222.17 (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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