NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 223.72
INTERFERING WITH A [FIRE-ALARM] [FIRE-DETECTION] [FIRE- EXTINGUISHING] SYSTEM IN A [PRISON] [LOCAL CONFINEMENT FACILITY]. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with willfully [interfering with]
[defacing] [molesting] [injuring] any part or portion of a [fire-alarm] [fire-detection] [smoke-detection] [fire-extinguishing] system in a [prison]
[local confinement 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 [interfered with] [defaced] [molested]
[injured] any part or portion of a [fire-alarm] [fire-detection] [smoke-detection] [fire-extinguishing] system.
Second, that the system was in a [prison] [local confinement
facility].1
And Third, that the defendant acted willfully, that is intentionally
and without justification or excuse.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that, on or
about the alleged date, the defendant willfully [interfered with] [defaced]
[molested] [injured] any part or portion of a [fire-alarm] [fire-detection]
[smoke-detection] [fire-extinguishing] system in a [prison] [local
confinement facility], 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, it would be your duty to return a verdict of not guilty.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 223.72 (June 2020). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-286(b). 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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- 2026-09-25
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- 2026-09-24
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