NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 226.67
CYBER-BULLYING—USING A [COMPUTER] [COMPUTER NETWORK] TO PLANT ANY STATEMENT TO PROVOKE A THIRD PARTY TO [STALK] [HARASS] A MINOR. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with using a [computer] [computer
network] to plant a statement to provoke a third party to [stalk] [harass] a
minor.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove [three] [four] things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant used a [computer] [computer network].
Second, that the defendant planted a statement, whether true or false.
(And) Third, that the statement [tended to] [actually] provoke(d) a
third party to [stalk] [harass] a minor.
NOTE WELL: If defendant is 18 years of age or older at the time
the alleged offense was committed, use the following:
((And) Fourth, that the defendant was 18 years of age or older at the
time the alleged offense was committed. 1)
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant used a [computer] [computer
network] to plant a statement, whether true or false, that [tended to]
[actually] provoke(d) a third party to [stalk] [harass] a minor, (and the
defendant was 18 years of age or older), 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. 226.67 (Replacement June 2010). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-458.1(A)(3). 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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