NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 227.15
[SEXUAL ACTIVITY] [SOLICITATION OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY] IN A MASSAGE AND BODYWORK THERAPY ESTABLISHMENT.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt.
First, that the defendant knowingly engaged in [sexual activity]
[solicitation of sexual activity] in a massage and bodywork therapy
establishment1. Sexual activity is [masturbation, whether done alone or
with another human or an animal] [vaginal, anal, or oral intercourse2,
whether done with another human or with an animal] [touching, in an act
of apparent sexual stimulation or sexual abuse, of the clothed or
unclothed genitals, pubic area, or buttocks of another person or the
clothed or unclothed breasts of a human female] [an act or condition that
depicts torture, physical restraint by being fettered or bound, or
flagellation of or by a person clad in undergarments or in revealing or
bizarre costume] [excretory functions] [the insertion of any part of a
person’s body, other than the male sexual organ, or any object into
another person’s anus or vagina, except when done as part of a
recognized medical procedure] [the lascivious exhibition of the genitals or
pubic area of any person].
And Second, the sexual activity occurred in a massage and
bodywork establishment.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date that the defendant engaged in [sexual activity]
[solicitation of sexual activity in a massage and body work therapy
establishment and that the defendant acted knowingly then 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. 227.15 (June 2018). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-632.17(a). 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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