NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 222.19
MISDEMEANOR INJURY TO FENCES OR WALLS. MISDEMEANOR.
NOTE WELL: If more than five thousand dollars
($5,000) of damage resulted, use N.C.P.I.-222.18.
The defendant has been charged with unlawfully and willfully
[burning] [destroying] [pulling down] [defacing] [injuring] [removing] a
[[fence] [wall] [other enclosure (describe enclosure)]] [surrounding]
[about] a [yard] [garden] [cultivated field or pasture] [church] [graveyard]
[factory] [house in which machinery is used] 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, [burned] [destroyed] [pulled down] [defaced] [injured] [removed]
a [[fence] [wall] [other enclosure (describe enclosure)]] [surrounding]
[about] a [yard] [garden] [cultivated field or pasture] [church] [graveyard]
[factory] [house in which machinery is used].
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 [burned] [destroyed]
[pulled down] [defaced] [injured] [removed] a [[fence] [wall] [other
enclosure (describe enclosure)]] [surrounding] [about] a [yard] [garden]
[cultivated field or pasture] [church] [graveyard] [factory] [house in which
machinery is used] 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. 222.19 (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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