NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 271.53
HIT AND RUN WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with failing to [immediately stop]
[give required information] after a crash 1 involving property damage. 2
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove six things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant was driving a vehicle. 3
Second, that the vehicle was involved in a crash.
Third, that the defendant knew or reasonably should have known that
the vehicle was involved in a crash.
Fourth, that property was damaged in the crash.
Fifth, that the defendant failed to [immediately stop] [give the
defendant’s name, address, driver’s license number, and the license plate
number of the defendant’s vehicle to the [[driver] [occupant] of any other
vehicle involved in the crash] [person whose property was damaged.]] 4
And Sixth, that the defendant's failure to [stop] [give the required
information] was willful, that is, intentional (and without justification or
excuse).
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant was driving a vehicle which the
defendant knew or reasonably should have known was involved in a crash in
which property was damaged and that the defendant willfully (and without
justification or excuse) failed to [immediately stop] [give the defendant’s
name, address, drivers license number and the license plate number of the
defendant’s vehicle to the [[driver] [occupants] of any other vehicle
involved] [person whose property was damaged], it would be your duty to
return a verdict of guilty. If you do not so find or if you 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. 271.53 (June 2009). N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 20-166(c), 166(c1). 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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