NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 271.28B
UNLAWFULLY [BUYING] [SELLING] [ISSUING] [POSSESSING] AN [INSPECTION STICKER] [ELECTRONIC INSPECTION AUTHORIZATION]. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with unlawfully [buying] [selling]
[issuing] [possessing] an [inspection sticker] [electronic inspection
authorization].
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt.
First, that on or about the alleged date, the defendant [bought]
[sold] [issued] [possessed] an [inspection sticker] [electronic inspection
authorization].
Second, that the defendant did so without
a. [being properly licensed1 as an [inspection station] [self-inspector2] [inspection mechanic] and had not obtained in the
course of business authorization from the North Carolina
Division of Motor Vehicles through an electronic authorization
vendor]
b. [a vehicle inspection for which the vehicle had [passed the
inspection] [received a waiver]].
And Third, that the defendant did so knowingly.
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant knowingly [bought] [sold] [issued]
[possessed] an [inspection sticker] [electronic inspection authorization],
and that defendant did so without [being properly licensed as an
[inspection station] [self-inspector] [inspection mechanic] and had not
obtained in the course of business authorization from the North Carolina
Division of Motor Vehicles through an electronic authorization vendor] [a
vehicle inspection for which the vehicle had [passed the inspection]
[received a waiver]], 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. 271.28B (June 2017). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-183.8(c)(3). 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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