NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 271.70
LEAVING SCENE AFTER ACCIDENT RESULTING IN [INJURY] [DEATH] TO ANY PERSON-PASSENGER. FELONY.
The defendant has been charged with leaving 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 passenger of a vehicle that was
involved in an [accident] [collision] resulting in [injury] [death] to any
person.
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 willfully left the scene of the accident by
acting as the driver of a vehicle involved in the accident (without
justification or excuse).1
And Fourth, that a law enforcement officer had not [completed the
investigation of the accident] [authorized the defendant to leave the
scene of the accident].
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date the defendant was the passenger 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, and that
the defendant willfully left the scene of the accident before a law
enforcement officer had [completed the investigation of the accident]
[authorized the passenger to leave the scene of the accident] (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. 271.70 (June 2006). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-166.2(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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