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N.C.P.I.—Crim. 247.84
[INTENTIONALLY] [NEGLIGENTLY] [[SUGGESTING] [ENTICING] [INVITING] [CHALLENGING] [INTIMIDATING] [EXHORTING] [INDUCING] [AIDING]] ANY PERSON TO [HANDLE] [BE EXPOSED] IN AN UNSAFE MANNER TO A [VENOMOUS REPTILE] [LARGE CONSTRICTING SNAKE] [CROCODILIAN]. MISDEMEANOR.
NOTE WELL: This instruction is applicable for offenses committed
on or after December 1, 2009.
The defendant has been charged with [intentionally] [negligently]
[[suggesting] [enticing] [inviting] [challenging] [intimidating] [exhorting]
[inducing] [aiding]] any person to [handle] [be exposed] in an unsafe
manner (to) a [venomous reptile] [large constricting snake 2] [crocodilian 3].
((Describe animal) is a large constricting snake.)
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant [[suggested] [enticed] [invited] [challenged]
[intimidated] [exhorted] [induced] [aided]] any person to [handle] [be
exposed] in an unsafe manner (to) a [venomous reptile] [large constricting
snake] [crocodilian].
And Second, that the defendant acted [intentionally] 4 [negligently] 5.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant [intentionally] [negligently]
[[suggested] [enticed] [invited] [challenged] [intimidated] [exhorted]
[induced] [aided]] any person to [handle] [be exposed] in an unsafe manner
(to) a [venomous reptile] [large constricting snake] [crocodilian], 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. 247.84 (June 2010). N.C. GEN. STAT. § 14-418. 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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