Example Jury Instructions

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Introduction

The following contains quotations of instructions that were endorsed or considered by appellate courts as being sufficient under certain circumstances. There are also outlines that enumerate types of instructions.

There are four types of instructions: 1) selection instructions 2) introductory/preliminary 3) mid-trial instructions and 4) final

Example Types

• Example Jury Selection Instructions
• Example Preliminary Jury Instructions
• Example Mid-Trial Jury Instructions
• Example Final Jury Instructions

Evidence

Admissions

• "An admission stands in the place of and renders unnecessary testimony or exhibits to prove what has been admitted. Jurors are to take what is admitted as proven fact and consider the facts admitted, along with the rest of the evidence in deciding the case."

Selection

Challenge for Cause

Race

• "Thinking about your own beliefs, would your ability to judge the evidence in this case without bias, prejudice or partiality, be affected by the fact that [accused] is black?"

Offences

Murder

• On the issue of intent, the Judge must instruct the jury to "consider all of the evidence" when deciding the issue of intent.
• Inferences on intent "inference that may be rebutted by evidence of intoxication".

See Also

• Model Jury Instructions - National Judicial Institute