NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 239.95
DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN [FOOD] [BEVERAGE] PROHIBITED— CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with distribution of a [food]
[beverage] (or other) [eatable] [drinkable] substance which that person
knows to contain a controlled substance.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant knowingly [distributed] [sold] [gave away]
[caused to be placed in a position of human [accessibility][ingestion]]
any [food] [beverage] (or other) [[eatable] [drinkable] substance].
And Second, that at the time that the [food] [beverage] (or other)
[[eatable] [drinkable] substance] was [distributed] [sold] [given away]
[caused to be placed in a position of human [accessibility][ingestion] the
defendant knew the [food] [beverage] (or other) [eatable] [drinkable]
substance contained (name substance), a controlled substance.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant knowingly [distributed] [sold] [gave
away] [caused to be placed in a position of human [accessibility]
[ingestion]] any [food] [beverage] (or other) [[eatable] [drinkable]
substance], knowing the [food] [beverage] (or other) [[eatable]
[drinkable] substance] contained a controlled substance, 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 both of these things, it would be your duty
to return a verdict of not guilty.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 239.95 (June 2020). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-401.11. 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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