NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 270.23
OPERATING A [SCHOOL BUS] [SCHOOL ACTIVITY BUS] [CHILD CARE VEHICLE] [AMBULANCE] [EMS VEHICLE] [FIREFIGHTING VEHICLE] [LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE] AFTER CONSUMING ALCOHOL.
The defendant has been charged with operating a [school bus] [school
activity bus] [child care vehicle] [ambulance] [emergency medical services
vehicle, that is an EMS vehicle] [firefighting vehicle] [law enforcement
vehicle] after consuming alcohol.1
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove thee things beyond a reasonable doubt.
First, that the defendant operated a [school bus] [school activity bus]
[child care vehicle] [ambulance] [EMS vehicle] [firefighting vehicle] [law
enforcement vehicle].
Second, that the defendant operated said vehicle after consuming
alcohol.
Third, that the defendant drove the vehicle on a [highway] [street]
[public vehicular area] within this state while the alcohol remained in the
defendant’s body.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant operated a [school bus] [school activity
bus] [child care vehicle] [ambulance] [EMS vehicle] [firefighting vehicle]
[law enforcement vehicle] within this state on a [highway] [street] [public
vehicular area] after consuming alcohol while the alcohol remained in the
defendant’s body, 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. 270.23 (June 2014). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-138.2B(a). 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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- 2026-09-24
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