NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 270A.27
[RECKLESSLY] [NEGLIGENTLY] [OPERATING A [MOTORBOAT] [VESSEL]] [MANIPULATING [WATER SKIS] [A SURFBOARD]]. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with [recklessly] [negligently]
[operating a [motorboat] [vessel]] [manipulating [water skis] [a
surfboard] [(describe similar device)]].
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant was [operating a [motorboat] [vessel]]
[manipulating [water skis] [a surfboard] [(describe similar device)]] on
the waters of this State.1
And Second, that the defendant did so in a [reckless] [negligent]
manner, so as to endanger the [life] [limb] [property] of any person.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant was [operating a [motorboat]
[vessel]] [manipulating [water skis] [a surfboard] [(describe similar
device)]] on the waters of this State and that the defendant did so in a
[reckless] [negligent] manner, so as to endanger the [life] [limb]
[property] of any person, then 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.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 270A.27 (June 2017). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75A-10(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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- 2026-09-25
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- 2026-09-24
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