NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 260.30
DRUG TRAFFICKING—TRANSPORTATION (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 transportation 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 transported [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] from one place to
another.7
And Second, that the amount of (name controlled substance) which the
defendant transported was (state amount).8 9
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant knowingly transported (name controlled
substance), from one place to another and that the amount which the
defendant transported 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
both of these things, it would be your duty to return a verdict of not guilty.10
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 260.30 (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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