NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 227.20
OWNER OF MASSAGE AND BODYWORK THERAPY ESTABLISHMENT PERMITTING OR ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt.
First, that the defendant is the owner1 of the massage and
bodywork therapy establishment.2
Second, that the defendant knowingly [[engaged in] [permitted any
person(s) to engage in] sexual activity in the defendant’s massage and
bodywork therapy establishment] [[used] [permitted any person(s) to
use] the defendant’s massage and bodywork therapy establishment to
make arrangements to engage in sexual activity in another place.] Sexual
activity is [masturbation, whether done alone or with another human or
an animal] [vaginal, anal, or oral intercourse3 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].
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date that the defendant was the owner of the massage
and bodywork therapy establishment and that the defendant [[engaged
in] [permitted any person(s) to engage in] sexual activity in the
defendant’s massage and bodywork therapy establishment] [[engaged in
using] [permitted any person(s) to use] the defendant’s massage and
bodywork therapy establishment to make arrangements to engage in
sexual activity in another place 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. 227.20 (June 2018). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-632.17(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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