NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 258.36
POSSESSION OF SIGNS POSTED BY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES-WATER QUALITY IN COASTAL RECREATION WATERS. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with the possession of a sign
posted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 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 without just cause or excuse possessed
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 without just cause or excuse
possessed 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. 258.36 (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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