NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 239.55A
FELONIOUS CHILD ABUSE BY PROSTITUTION. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with felonious child abuse by
prostitution. 1
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove three things beyond a doubt:
First, that the defendant was [the parent of] [a person [providing care
to] [providing supervision of]] a child.
Second, that at that time the child had not yet reached her sixteenth
birthday.
And Third, that the defendant [committed] [permitted] [encouraged]
an act of prostitution [with] [by] that child. Prostitution is the offering or
receiving of the body [for sexual intercourse for hire] [for indiscriminate
sexual intercourse without hire).
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant was [the parent of] [a person
[providing care to] [providing supervision of]] a child, and that child had not
yet reached her sixteenth birthday, and that the defendant [committed an
act of prostitution with that child] [permitted an act of prostitution by that
child] [encouraged an act of prostitution by that child] 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. 239.55A (Replacement May 2000). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-318.4(a1). 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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