NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 230.70A
IMPERSONATION OF LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BY OPERATING A VEHICLE WITH AN OPERATING BLUE LIGHT. FELONY.
NOTE WELL: If the defendant falsely represented that
he was a law officer by unlawfully operating a vehicle
with an operating blue light, use this instruction. If the
defendant falsely represented that he was a law officer
by unlawfully operating a vehicle with an operating red
light, use N.C.P.I. Crim.-230.70. Note that the use of a
red light is a misdemeanor while use of a blue light is a
felony.
The defendant has been charged with impersonating a law
enforcement officer.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt.
First, that the defendant made a false representation to another
person that he was a sworn law-enforcement officer.
And Second, that the defendant made this false representation by
unlawfully operating a vehicle on a [public street] [highway] [public
vehicular area] with an operating blue light.1
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on
the alleged date the defendant made a false representation to another
person that the defendant was a sworn law-enforcement officer and that
the defendant made this false representation by unlawfully operating a
vehicle on a [public street] [highway] [public vehicular area] with an
operating blue light, 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. 230.70A (June 2011). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-277(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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