NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 237.75
OPERATING ELECTRONIC SWEEPSTAKES. MISDEMEANOR, FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with [operating] [placing into
operation] an electronic [machine] [device] for the purpose of
[conducting] [promoting] a sweepstakes through the use of an
entertaining display, including the entry process or the revealing of a
prize.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant [operated] [placed into operation] an
electronic [machine] [device].1
And Second, that the defendant did so for the purpose of
[conducting] [promoting] a sweepstakes2 through the use of an
entertaining display3, including the entry4 process or the revealing of a
prize5.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant [operated] [placed into operation]
an electronic [machine] [device] for the purpose of [conducting]
[promoting] a sweepstakes through the use of an entertaining display,
including the entry process or the revealing of a prize, it would be your
duty to return a verdict of guilty. If you do not so find or if you 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. 237.75 (June 2013). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-306.4(b). 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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- sog.unc.edu
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- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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