NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 270A.27A
MANIPULATING [WATER SKIS] [A SURFBOARD] [NONMOTORIZED VESSEL] [SIMILAR DEVICE] WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN IMPAIRING SUBSTANCE. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with manipulating [water skis] [a
surfboard] [nonmotorized vessel] [(describe similar device)] while under
the influence of an impairing substance.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt.
First, that the defendant was manipulating [water skis] [a
surfboard] [nonmotorized vessel] [(describe similar device)].
Second, that the defendant was [manipulating the [water skis]
[surfboard] [nonmotorized vessel] [similar device (describe device)]] on
the waters of this State.1
And Third, that the defendant was under the influence of an
impairing substance. (Name substance involved) is an impairing
substance.2 The defendant is under the influence of an impairing
substance when the defendant has [taken] [consumed] a sufficient
quantity of that impairing substance to cause the defendant to lose the
normal control of the defendant's [bodily] [mental] faculties, to such an
extent that there is an appreciable impairment3 of these faculties.4
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant was manipulating [water skis] [a
surfboard] [nonmotorized vessel] [(describe similar device)] on the
waters of this State and that the defendant was under the influence of an
impairing substance, 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.27A (Replacement June 2022). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75A-10(b). 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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