NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 236A.27
FAILURE TO DISPERSE. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with failure to disperse.
In order for you to find the defendant guilty of this offense the
State must prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant failed to comply with a lawful demand to
disperse;
Second, that a [law enforcement officer] [public official] responsible
for keeping the peace issued the command to disperse in a manner
reasonably calculated to be communicated to the assemblage;
Third, that the [law enforcement officer] [public official] reasonably
believed that [a riot] [disorderly conduct] by an assemblage of three or
more persons was occurring;1
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant failed to comply with a lawful
demand to disperse, that a [law enforcement officer] [public official]
responsible for keeping the peace issued the command to disperse in a
manner reasonably calculated to be communicated to the assemblage,
and that the [law enforcement officer] [public official] reasonably
believed that [a riot] [disorderly conduct] by an assemblage of three or
more persons was occurring, 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
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 236A.27 (June 2013). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-288.5. 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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- 2026-09-25
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- 2026-09-24
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