NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 236A.29B
[STANDING] [SITTING] [LYING] UPON [HIGHWAYS] [STREETS] AND OBSTRUCTING AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with [standing] [sitting] [lying] upon
a [highway] [street] so as to impede 1 the regular flow of traffic and obstruct
an emergency vehicle from accessing the [highway] [street].
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must prove
four things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant acted willfully.
Second, that the defendant [stood] [sat] [lay] upon a [highway]
[street].
Third, that the defendant did that act in such a manner so as to impede
the regular flow of traffic.
And Fourth, that defendant obstructed an emergency vehicle from
accessing the [highway] [street].
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant willfully [stood] [sat] [lay] upon a
[highway] [street] so as to impede the regular flow of traffic and obstructed
an emergency vehicle from accessing the [highway] [street], 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. 236A.29B (September 2024). N.C. Gen. Stat. 20-174.1(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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- 2026-09-25
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- 2026-09-24
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