NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 226.20
INCEST. FELONY.
NOTE WELL: Use this instruction for any incest alleged to have
occurred before December 1, 2002. For offenses occurring after
December 1, 2002, use this instruction or, if applicable, N.C.P.I.—
Crim. 226.20A (victim under age 13) and 226.20B (victim 13, 14,
15 years of age).
The defendant has been charged with incest.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant had vaginal intercourse with another person.
Vaginal intercourse is penetration, however slight, of the female sex organ by
the male sex organ.
Second, that the person with whom he had vaginal intercourse was the
defendant's [child] [stepchild] [legally adopted child] [grandchild] [parent]
[grandparent] [uncle] [aunt] [nephew] [niece] [brother] [sister] of the [half]
[whole] blood]
And Third, that the defendant knew the person was (state relationship).
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant had vaginal intercourse with a person
who was (state relationship), and that the defendant knew the person was
(state relationship), 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.
Strong: Incest
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 226.20 (Replacement March 2003). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-178. 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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