NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 236A.60
LOOTING. MISDEMEANOR. FELONY. (LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE OF TRESSPASS DURING EMERGENCY).
The defendant has been charged with looting.
For you to find the defendant guilty of looting, the State must prove
three things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant, without legal justification, entered upon the
premises of another.
Second, that at the time of the defendant's entry the usual security of
property was ineffective because of [(name disaster) 1] [disaster or
calamity].
And Third, that the defendant, while he was upon the premises,
[obtained] (exerted control over) [damaged] [ransacked] [destroyed] the
property of another.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant without legal justification, entered
upon the premises of another while the usual security of property was
ineffective due to [(name disaster)) [disaster or calamity], and while upon
the premises he [obtained) [exerted control over] [damaged] [ransacked]
[destroyed] the property of another, it would be your duty to return a
verdict of guilty of looting. If you do not so find or have a reasonable doubt
as to one or more of these things, you will not return a verdict of guilty of
looting, 2 but you must determine whether the defendant is guilty of trespass
during emergency, which differs from looting in that the State need not
prove that the defendant [obtained] [exerted control over] [damaged]
[ransacked] [destroyed] the property of another.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant, without legal justification, entered
upon the premises of another while the usual security of property was
ineffective due to [(name disaster)] [disaster or calamity], it would be your
duty to return a verdict of guilty of trespass during emergency. If you do
not so find or have a reasonable doubt as to one or both of these things, it
would be your duty to return a verdict of not guilty.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 236A.60 (Replacement May 1999). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-288.6. 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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