NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 235.41
USE OF AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM NEAR A FOREST FIRE INTERFERING WITH EMERGENCY OPERATIONS. FELONY.
The defendant, has been charged with use of an unmanned aircraft
system near a forest fire interfering with emergency operations.1
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must prove
four things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant was a [person] [entity] [State agency].
Second, that the defendant used an unmanned aircraft system.
Third, that the defendant did so within a [horizontal]2 [vertical] distance
of 3,000 feet from any forest fire within the jurisdiction of the North Carolina
Forest Service.
And Fourth, that the use of the unmanned aircraft system interfered
with emergency operations.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant was a [person] [entity] [State agency],
that the defendant used an unmanned aircraft system within a [horizontal]
[vertical] distance of 3,000 feet from any forest fire within the jurisdiction of
the North Carolina Forest Service, and that such use interfered with
emergency operations, 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.3
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 235.41 (April 2024). N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 15A-300.4(a), (c)(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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