NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 242.15
CULPABLY NEGLIGENT PATIENT ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with culpably negligent physical
abuse of a [patient of a health care1] [resident of a residential care2]
facility resulting in the [patient’s] [resident’s] death.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove four things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the victim was a [patient of a health care] [resident of a
residential care] facility.
Second, that the defendant physically abused3 the [patient]
[resident] by (describe the physical abuse).
Third, that the defendant’s conduct was culpably negligent in
physically abusing the [patient] [resident]. Culpable negligence is
conduct of a willful, gross and flagrant character, evincing reckless
disregard for human life.4
And Fourth, that the defendant’s conduct proximately caused the
[patient’s] [resident’s] death. Proximate cause is a real cause, a cause
without which the victim’s death would not have occurred.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the victim was a [patient of a health care]
[resident of a residential care] facility, the defendant physically abused
the [patient] [resident], the defendant’s conduct was culpably negligent
and the defendant’s conduct proximately caused the [patient’s]
[resident’s] death, 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. 242.15 (June 2008). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-32.2(a)-(b)(2). 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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