NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 239.33
FALSE REPORTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT [AGENCY] [OFFICER] RELATED TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A CHILD. MISDEMEANOR, FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with making a false report to a law
enforcement [agency] [officer] regarding the disappearance of a child.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt.
First, that the defendant willfully [made] [caused to be made] to a
law enforcement [agency] [officer] a [false] [deliberately misleading]
[unfounded] report.1
Second, that the report related to a law enforcement investigation
involving the disappearance of a child.
And Third, that the defendant [made] [caused to be made] the
report [for the purpose of interfering with the operation of a law
enforcement agency] [[to [hinder] [obstruct] a law enforcement officer in
the performance of the officer’s duty]].
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant willfully [made] [caused to be
made] to a law enforcement [agency] [officer] a [false] [deliberately
misleading] [unfounded] report that related to a law enforcement
investigation involving the disappearance of a child, and that the
defendant [made] [caused to be made] the report [for the purpose of
interfering with the operation of a law enforcement agency] [[to [hinder]
[obstruct] a law enforcement officer in the performance of the officer’s
duty]], 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, then it
would be your duty to return a verdict of not guilty.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 239.33 (June 2014). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-225(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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- 2026-09-24
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