NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 260.23
DRUG TRAFFICKING—[SELLING] [DELIVERING] (MARIJUANA, METHAQUALONE, COCAINE, AMPHETAMINE, METHAMPHETAMINE, OPIUM, OPIATE, OPIOID OR HEROIN, LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE, METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE, METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE, SUBSTITUTED CATHINONES, OR SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID). FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with trafficking in [marijuana]1
[methaqualone] [cocaine] [[amphetamine] [any mixture containing
amphetamine]]2 [[methamphetamine] [any mixture containing
methamphetamine]]3 [opium] [opiate] [opioid] [heroin] [lysergic acid diethylamide
(LSD)] [methylemedioxyamphetamine (MDA)] [methylenedioxymethamphetamine
(MDMA)] [any substituted cathinones]4 [synthetic cannabinoid], which is the
unlawful [sale] [delivery] of (state amount)5 of (name controlled substance).
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense the State must prove two
things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant knowingly6 [sold] [delivered]7 [marijuana]
[methaqualone] [cocaine] [[amphetamine] [any mixture containing amphetamine]]
[[methamphetamine] [any mixture containing methamphetamine]] [opium]
[opiate] [opioid] [heroin] [LSD] [MDA] [MDMA] [any substituted cathinones]
[synthetic cannabinoid] to (name buyer or distributee).
And Second, that the amount of (name controlled substance) which the
defendant [sold] [delivered] was (state amount).
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about the
alleged date the defendant knowingly [sold] [delivered] (name controlled
substance) to (name buyer or distributee), and that the amount which he [sold]
[delivered] was (state amount), 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.8
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 260.23 (Replacement June 2023). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-95(h). 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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- 2026-09-25
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- 2026-09-24
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