NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 222.68
IMPROPER TAKING OF [MENHADEN] [ATLANTIC THREAD] HERRING. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with the crime of improperly
taking a [menhaden] [Atlantic thread] herring.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant took [menhaden] [Atlantic thread]
herring;
Second, that the defendant did so by the use of a purse seine net
deployed by a mother ship and one or more runner boats;
And Third, that the defendant committed this act in coastal fishing
waters.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant took [menhaden] [Atlantic thread]
herring, that the defendant did so by the use of a purse seine net
deployed by a mother ship and one or more runner boats, and that the
defendant committed this act in coastal fishing waters, 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.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 222.68 (June 2013). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-187 (e). 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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- 2026-09-24
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- 2026-09-24
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