NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 230.71
IMPERSONATING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BY OPERATING A VEHICLE WITH AN OPERATING BLUE LIGHT CAUSING A PERSON TO [STOP] [YIELD] (BLUE LIGHT BANDIT). CLASS H AND I FELONIES.
The defendant has been accused of impersonating a law enforcement
officer by operating a vehicle with an operating blue light causing a person
to [stop] [yield].
Now I charge that for you to find the defendant guilty of this offense,
the State must prove four things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant operated a motor vehicle on a public [street]
[highway] [vehicular area].
Second, that the defendant operated the vehicle with an operating
blue light, that is, with the light visible and flashing. 1
Third, that the defendant was not a sworn law enforcement officer.
And Fourth, that the defendant operated the vehicle in such a manner
as to cause a reasonable person to [yield the right of way] [stop] his vehicle
in obedience to such blue light.
So I charge that if you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable
doubt that on or about the alleged date the defendant operated a vehicle on
a public [street] [highway] [vehicular area] with a visible and flashing blue
light, operated in such a manner as to cause a reasonable person to [stop
his vehicle] [yield the right-of-way] in obedience to such blue light, and that
the defendant was not a law enforcement officer, it would be your duty to
return a verdict of guilty of impersonating a law enforcement officer by
operating a vehicle with an operating blue light causing a person to [stop]
[yield].
However, if you do not so find or have a reasonable doubt as to one or
more of these things, you would not return a verdict of guilty of that offense
but would consider whether the defendant is guilty of the lesser offense of
impersonating a law enforcement officer by operating a vehicle with an
operating blue light. For the defendant to be guilty of this offense the State
need not prove that the defendant operated the vehicle in such a manner as
to cause a reasonable person to [stop his vehicle] [yield the right-of-way] in
obedience to such blue light.
So I charge that if you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable
doubt that on or about the alleged date the defendant operated a vehicle on
a public [street] [highway] [vehicular area] with a visible and flashing blue
light and that he was not a sworn law enforcement officer it would be your
duty to return a verdict of guilty of impersonating a law enforcement officer
by operating a vehicle with an operating blue light. 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. 230.71 (Replacement December 1997). N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 14-277(a)(4), (b)(5). 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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