NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 240.86
[EMPLOYEE] [VOLUNTEER] AT A FACILITY FAILED TO REPORT VIOLATIONS OF [BORROWING] [TAKING] CLIENT PROPERTY. MISDEMEANOR.
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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