NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 258.32
ERECTING OR MAINTAINING COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING SIGNS IN HIGHWAY RIGHTS OF WAY. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with [erecting] [maintaining] upon
a highway right of way any [traffic sign] [highway sign] [signal] bearing
any commercial advertising, except those that are permitted.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant [erected] [maintained] upon a highway
right of way any [traffic sign] [highway sign] [signal] bearing any
commercial advertising;
And Second, that the [traffic sign] [highway sign] [signal] bearing
any commercial advertising was placed [[without the permission of any
property owner of a [residence] [business] [religious institution] fronting
the right of way where the sign was erected]]1 [on a right of way of a
fully controlled access highway] [closer than three feet from the edge of
the pavement of the road] [so that it obscured motorist visibility at an
intersection] [so that it was higher than 42 inches above the edge of the
pavement of the road] [so that it was larger than 864 square inches] [so
that it obscured or replaced another sign.]2
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant [erected] [maintained] upon any
highway right of way any [traffic sign] [highway sign] [signal] bearing any
commercial advertising and that the [traffic sign] [highway sign] [signal]
was placed [[without the permission of any property owner of a
[residence] [business] [religious institution] fronting the right of way
where the sign was erected]] [on a right of way of a fully controlled
access highway] [closer than three feet from the edge of the pavement of
the road] [so that it obscured motorist visibility at an intersection] [so
that it was higher than 42 inches above the edge of the pavement of the
road] [so that it was larger than 864 square inches] [so that it obscured
or replaced another sign], 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. 258.32 (June 2012). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-32 (a), (d). 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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