NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 258.35
REMOVAL OR DESTRUCTION OF WARNING SIGNS-WATER QUALITY IN COASTAL RECREATION WATERS. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with the [removal] [destruction]
[damaging] [defacing] [mutilation] [interference] of a warning sign, in
violation of the rules1 established by the Marine Fisheries Commission
regarding a water quality monitoring program2 for State coastal fishing
and recreation waters.3
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant [removed] [destroyed] [damaged]
[defaced] [mutilated] [interfered with] any sign posted by the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources4;
And Second, that the sign was related to the rules established by
the Marine Fisheries Commission for the water quality monitoring
program.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant [removed] [destroyed] [damaged]
[defaced] [mutilated] [interfered with] any sign posted by the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources related to the rules
established by the Marine Fisheries Commission for the water quality
monitoring program, 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. 258.35 (June 2012). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-221.3 (b), (c), (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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