NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 229.21
COMMERCIAL BRIBERY (MAKING BRIBE). MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with commercial bribery.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense the state must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant [gave] [offered] [promised] a [gift] [gratuity]
to an [agent] [employee] [servant].
And Second, that the defendant thereby intended to influence the
actions of the [agent] [employee] [servant] in relation to the business of the
defendant’s [principal] [employer] [master] in a manner that was not in the
best interest of that business.1
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, that on or
about the alleged date the defendant [gave] [offered] [promised] a [gift]
[gratuity] to an [agent] [employee] [servant] with intent to influence the
defendant’s actions in relation to the business of the defendant’s [principal]
[employer] [master] that was not in the best interest of that business, it
would be your duty to return a verdict of guilty of commercial bribery. If you
do not so find or have a reasonable doubt as to one or both of these things,
it would be your duty to return a verdict of not guilty.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 229.21 (June 2014). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-353. 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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