NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 285.05
FALSE STATEMENTS UNDER OATH WITH REGARD TO ABSENTEE BALLOTS. MISDEMEANOR.
The defendant has been charged with making false statements
under oath.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must
prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt.
First, that the defendant willfully and falsely made a(n) [affidavit]
[statement] while under oath.
And Second, that the [affidavit] [statement] was required to be
made by North Carolina law.1
If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or
about the alleged date, the defendant willfully and falsely made a(n)
[affidavit] [statement] while under oath, and that the [affidavit]
[statement] made under oath was required to be made by North Carolina
law, 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 both of these things,
then you would return a verdict of not guilty.
History
N.C.P.I.—Crim. 285.05 (June 2021). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-237(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.
Provenance
- Source
- sog.unc.edu
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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