NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 271.66
FAILURE TO RETURN WITH THE VEHICLE AFTER BEING PERMITTED TO REMOVE IT FROM THE SCENE AFTER AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN [INJURY] [DEATH] TO ANY PERSON— DRIVER. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with failure to return with the vehicle
after being permitted to remove it from the scene of an [accident] [collision]
resulting in [injury] [death] to any person.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove four things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant was the driver of a vehicle that was involved
in an [accident] [collision].
Second, that the defendant knew or reasonably should have known
that the vehicle was involved in an [accident] [collision] resulting in [injury]
[death] to any person.
Third, that defendant removed the vehicle to [call for a law
enforcement officer] [call for medical assistance] [call for medical treatment]
[remove defendant or others from significant risk of injury].
And Fourth, that defendant willfully failed to return with the vehicle to
the accident scene within a reasonable period of time (without justification
or excuse). 1
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant was the driver of a vehicle that was
involved in an [accident] [collision], that the defendant knew or reasonably
should have known that the vehicle was involved in the [accident] [collision]
resulting in [injury] [death] to any person, that defendant removed the
vehicle to [call for a law enforcement officer] [call for medical assistance]
[call for medical treatment] [remove defendant or others from significant
risk of injury], and that defendant willfully failed to return with the vehicle to
the accident scene within a reasonable period of time (without justification
or excuse), 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. 271.66 (June 2006). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-166(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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