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N.C.P.I.—Crim. 240.86

[EMPLOYEE] [VOLUNTEER] AT A FACILITY FAILED TO REPORT VIOLATIONS OF [BORROWING] [TAKING] CLIENT PROPERTY. MISDEMEANOR.

activein force · 2016-06-01 – presentas-observed

The defendant has been charged with failing to report that

defendant [witnessed] [had knowledge of] a(n) [employee] [volunteer]

who had [borrowed] [taken] personal property from a client.1

For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense the State

must prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt:

First, that the defendant was a(n) [employee] [volunteer] at

(name facility), a facility whose primary purpose is to provide services

for the [care] [treatment] [habilitation] [rehabilitation] of individuals

with [mental illness] [developmental disabilities] [substance abuse

disorders].

Second, that the defendant [witnessed] [had knowledge of] a(n)

[employee] [volunteer] who [borrowed] [took] personal property from a

client.

And Third, that the defendant failed to report2 that defendant

[witnessed] [had knowledge of] a(n) [employee] [volunteer] who

[borrowed] [took] personal property from a client, to (name person), an

authorized personnel designated by the facility to receive reports of

employee and volunteer violations.

If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on

or about the alleged date the defendant was a(n) [employee]

[volunteer] at (name facility), a facility whose primary purpose is to

provide services for the [care] [treatment] [habilitation] [rehabilitation]

of individuals with [mental illness] [developmental disabilities]

[substance abuse disorders], and that the defendant failed to report

that the defendant [witnessed] [had knowledge of] a(n) [employee]

[volunteer] who [borrowed] [took] personal property of a client], to

(name person), who was an authorized personnel designated by the

facility to receive reports of employee and volunteer violations, then 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. 240.86 (June 2016). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-66(a1)-(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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Retrieved
2026-09-25
Edition
2026-09-24
Content hash
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