NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 272.15A
SELLING OR GIVING FORTIFIED WINE, SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR OR MIXED BEVERAGES TO A PERSON LESS THAN TWENTY-ONE YEARS. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with selling or giving [fortified wine]
[spirituous liquor] [mixed beverages] to a person less than 21 years old.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, that the defendant [sold] [gave] to a person [fortified wine] 1
[spirituous liquor] 2 [mixed beverages]. 3
And Second, that at the time of the [sale] [gift] that person had not yet
reached his twenty-first birthday.
(It is a defense to this charge if the defendant:
1) [Shows that the person produced [a driver's license] [a special
identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles] [a
military identification card] [a passport] showing his age to be at least
21, and bearing a physical description of the person named on the card
reasonably describing that person; (or)
2) [Produced evidence of other facts that reasonably indicated at the time
of [sale] [gift] that the person was at least 21 years old.]
And if so, the defendant would not be guilty.) 4
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant [sold] [gave] [fortified wine] [spirituous
liquor] [(a) mixed beverage(s)J to a person who at that time had not yet
reached his twenty-first birthday, 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, (or if the defendant has satisfied you that the person
produced [identification] (or) [other facts] reasonably showing himself to be
at least 21 years old,) it would be your duty to return a verdict of not guilty.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 272.15A (Replacement May 2001). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 18B-302(a)(2). 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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