NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 254A.11
POSSESSION OF A FIREARM OR WEAPON OF MASS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION BY A FELON. FELONY. GENERAL CRIMINAL VOLUME.
NOTE WELL: Effective February 1, 2011, this section does not apply to
a person whose firearms rights have been restored under N.C. Gen.
Stat. § 14-415.4 pursuant to the judicial procedure described therein,
unless the person is convicted of a subsequent felony after the petition
to restore the person’s firearms rights is granted. Also effective February
1, 2011, this section does not apply if the felony conviction is a violation
under the laws of North Carolina, another state, or the United States
that pertains to crimes involving antitrust violations, unfair trade
practices, or restraints of trade.
The defendant has been charged with [possessing] [owning] [purchasing]
[[having within defendant’s [custody] [care] [control]] a [firearm]2 [weapon of
mass death and destruction]3 after having been convicted4 of a felony.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense the State must prove two
things beyond a reasonable doubt.
First, that on (name date) in (name court) the defendant [was convicted of]
[pled guilty to] the felony of (name felony) that was committed on (name date) in
violation of the laws of the [State of North Carolina] [State of (name other state)]
[United States].
And Second, that after (name date from the first element as alleged in the
indictment)5, the defendant [possessed]6 [owned] [purchased] [[had within
defendant’s [custody] [care] [control]] a [firearm] [weapon of mass death and
destruction]7.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant
[was convicted of] [pled guilty to] the felony of (name felony) that was committed
on (name date) in violation of the laws of the [State of North Carolina] [State of
(name other state)] [United States], and that the defendant, after (name date from
the first element alleged in the indictment), [possessed] [owned] [purchased] [[had
within defendant’s [custody] [care] [control]] a [firearm] [weapon of mass death
and destruction], 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. 254A.11 (Replacement June 2023). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-415.1(a). 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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