NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 233.84
FURNISHING A [MOBILE TELEPHONE] [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE] [COMPONENT OF A [MOBILE TELEPHONE] [WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE]] TO AN INMATE. FELONY.
NOTE WELL: If the offense involves furnishing a controlled
substance to an inmate, use N.C.P.I.-Crim. 233.80. If the offense
involves furnishing a deadly weapon, cartridge or ammunition to
an inmate, use N.C.P.I.—Crim. 233.81. If the offense involves
furnishing an alcoholic beverage to an inmate, use N.C.P.I.—Crim.
233.82. If the offense involves furnishing tobacco to an inmate,
use N.C.P.I.—Crim. 233.83.
The defendant has been charged with furnishing a [mobile telephone]
[wireless communication device] [component of a [mobile telephone]
[wireless communication device]] to an [inmate [of the Department of Adult
Correction] [in the custody of a local confinement facility]] [a delinquent
juvenile in the custody of the Division of Juvenile Justice of the Department of
Public Safety].1
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must prove
two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that (name inmate) was an [inmate [of the Department of Adult
Correction] [in the custody of a local confinement facility]] [a delinquent
juvenile in the custody of the Division of Juvenile Justice of the Department of
Public Safety]. (Name facility) is [within the Department of Adult Correction]
[a local confinement facility] [facility operated by the Division of Juvenile
Justice of the Department of Public Safety].
And Second, that while [name inmate] was an inmate of (name facility),
the defendant knowingly2 [sold] [gave] a [mobile telephone] [wireless
communication device] [a component of a [mobile telephone] [wireless
communication device]] to [name inmate] [[another] [others] to give to
[name inmate]].
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date (name inmate) was an inmate at (name facility) within
the Department of Adult Correction and that the defendant knowingly [sold]
[gave] a [mobile telephone] [wireless communication device] [component of
a [mobile telephone] [wireless communication device]] to [name inmate]
[[another] [others] to give to [name inmate]], 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. 233.84 (Replacement January 2024). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-258.1(d). 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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