NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 271.77
FAILURE TO RETURN WITH THE VEHICLE AFTER BEING PERMITTED TO REMOVE IT FROM THE SCENE AFTER AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN [DAMAGE TO PROPERTY] [INJURY OR DEATH TO PERSON OF WHICH THE PASSENGER WAS UNAWARE]—PASSENGER. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with failure to return with the vehicle
after being permitted to remove the vehicle from the scene of an [accident]
[collision] resulting in [damage to property] [injury or death to any person
about which the defendant did not know or have reason to know].
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove five things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant was the passenger of a vehicle that was
involved in a reportable accident. A reportable accident 1 is one involving a
motor vehicle that results in [death or injury of a human being] [total
property damage of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more] [property
damage of any amount to a vehicle seized because it was driven by a person
charged with an offense involving impaired driving whose license was
already revoked as a result of a prior impaired driving offence).
Second, that the defendant knew or reasonably should have known
that the vehicle was involved in an [accident] [collision].
Third, that the accident resulted in [damage to property] [injury or
death to any person about which the defendant did not know or have reason
to know].
Fourth, 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 Fifth, that defendant willfully failed to return with the vehicle to
the accident scene within a reasonable period of time.
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 a reportable accident, that the defendant knew or
reasonably should have known that the vehicle was involved in an [accident]
[collision], that the accident resulted in [damage to property] [injury or
death to any person about which the defendant did not know or have reason
to know], 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, 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. 271.77 (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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