NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 271.28A
[BUYING] [SELLING] [ISSUING] [POSSESSING] A FORGED [INSPECTION STICKER] [ELECTRONIC INSPECTION AUTHORIZATION]. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with [buying] [selling] [issuing]
[possessing] a forged [inspection sticker] [electronic inspection
authorization].
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt.
First, that on or about the alleged date, the defendant [bought]
[sold] [issued] [possessed] a forged [inspection sticker] [electronic
inspection authorization].
A forged [inspection sticker] [electronic inspection authorization] is
a falsely [made] [altered] [inspection sticker] [electronic inspection
authorization] that was made by the defendant with the intent to
defraud, and is capable of appearing genuine.1
And Second, that the defendant did so knowingly.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, that the defendant knowingly [bought] [sold]
[issued] [possessed] a forged [inspection sticker] [electronic inspection
authorization], 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. 271.28A (June 2017). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-183.8(c)(2). 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.
Provenance
- Source
- sog.unc.edu
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
ad8a5623e3934b7d6b557f52c7f4bc1d46ead43be04e90327c6a33e30a80c0e6
The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.
Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.