NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 222.26
TRESPASS—ENERGY FACILITIES AND CERTAIN OTHER FACILITIES—(BASIC OFFENSE). FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with the crime of trespass on the
property of an [energy facility] [describe other facility].
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must prove
three things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant without authorization [entered into] [remained
[in] [on]] [[the building of another] [the lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians] [the premises of another so [enclosed] [secured] as to demonstrate
clearly an intent to keep out intruders] [after having been excluded by a
resolution passed by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian Tribal Council]];
Second, that the premises were:
a) [[a facility1 [used] [available] for use in the [collection]
[treatment] [testing] storing] [pumping] [distribution] of water
for a public water system];
b) [a facility [used] [operated] for agricultural2 activities];
c) [an energy facility3];
d) [a facility owned by [a public utility4] [a unit of local government]
used for the treatment of wastewater, including [sewage]
[industrial waste] [other wastes of a liquid nature]];
And Third, that the defendant actually [entered a building] [climbed
over] [went under] [(otherwise) surmounted a [fence] [describe other
barrier]] to reach the facility].
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant without authorization [entered into]
[remained [in] [on]] [[the building of another] [the lands of the Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians] [the premises of another so [enclosed] [secured] as to
demonstrate clearly an intent to keep out intruders] [after having been
excluded by a resolution passed by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian Tribal
Council]], that the premises were:
a) [[a facility [used] [available] for use in the [collection] [treatment]
[testing] [storing] [pumping] [distribution] of water for a public
water system];
b) [a facility [used] [operated] for agricultural activities];
c) [an energy facility],
d) [a facility owned by [a public utility] [a unit of local government]
used for the treatment of wastewater, including [sewage]
[industrial waste] [other wastes of a liquid nature]],
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, then it would be your
duty to return a verdict of not guilty.5
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 222.26 (Replacement December 2023). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-159.12 (a) and (c). 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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