NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 233.45
PRISON BREACH AND ESCAPE FROM [COUNTY] [MUNICIPAL] CONFINEMENT [FACILITIES] [OFFICERS]. MISDEMEANOR.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant was
[in the lawful custody of the Division of Adult Correction]
[lawfully confined in a [prison] [jail] [lock-up] facility maintained by
a [county] [municipality] of North Carolina]
[in the lawful custody of a(n) [superintendent] [guard] [officer] of a
[prison] [jail] [lock-up] facility maintained by a [county] [municipality] of
North Carolina]
And Second, that the defendant escaped from custody.2
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant escaped while
[in the lawful custody of the Division of Adult Correction]
[lawfully confined in a [prison] [jail] [lock-up] facility maintained by
a [county] [municipality] of North Carolina]
[in the lawful custody of a(n) [superintendent] [guard] [officer] of a
[prison] [jail] [lock-up] facility maintained by a [county] [municipality] of
North Carolina]
it would be your duty to return a verdict of guilty. If you do not so find or
have 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. 233.45 (June 2014). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-256. 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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