NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 270.56
WILLFULLY ENGAGING IN A PREARRANGED SPEED COMPETITION ON A STREET OR HIGHWAY. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with willfully engaging in a
prearranged speed competition on a street or highway.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove four things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant, while operating a motor vehicle, engaged in
a speed competition with another motor vehicle.
Second, that this speed competition was prearranged, that is,
(describe prearrangement).
Third, that this speed competition occurred on a street or highway.
And Fourth, that the defendant acted willfully.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant, while operating a motor vehicle,
willfully engaged in a prearranged speed competition with another motor
vehicle on a street or highway, it would be your duty to return a verdict of
guilty of willfully engaging in a prearranged speed competition on a street or
highway. If you do not so find or have a reasonable doubt as to one or more
of these things, you will not return a verdict of guilty of willfully engaging in
a prearranged speed competition on street or highway, 1 but will determine
whether he is guilty of willfully engaging in a speed competition on a street
or highway.
Willfully engaging in a speed competition on a street or highway differs
from willfully engaging in a prearranged speed competition on a street or
highway in that it is not necessary for the State to prove that the speed
competition was prearranged.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant, while operating a motor vehicle,
willfully engaged in a speed competition with another motor vehicle on a
street or highway, it would be your duty to return a verdict of guilty of
willfully engaging in a speed competition on a street or highway. 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.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 270.56 (Replacement June 2021). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-141.3 (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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