Criminal Jury Instruction Checklist

CJI2d   Description                                                        Plaintiff             Defendant     Court
3.16 Written Instructions in the Jury Room                                                                 
3.2   Presumption/Burden/Reasonable Doubt                                                          
3.3   Defendant Not Testifying                                                                                       

  

ELEMENTS OF THE CRIME
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3.8   Less Serious Crimes                                                                                              
3.9   Specific Intent                                                                                                            
6.1   General Intent--Intoxication Is Not a Defense                                                     
6.2   Intoxication As Defense to Specific Intent Crime                                                
6.3   Diminished Capacity                                                                                                
6.4   Property Crimes: Mistake and Intent                                                                     
6.5   Intent to Injure or Defraud                                                                                        
6.6   Restitution is Not a Defense                                                                                   
7.4   Lack of Presence (Alibi)                                                                                           
7.6   Duress                                                                                                                         
7.8   Identification                                                                                                                
7.10 Person Under Influence of Alcohol/Cont. Substance                                             
8.1   Aiding and Abetting                                                                                                     
8.3   Separate Crime W/I Scope of the Enterprise                                                         
8.4   Inducement                                                                                                                  
8.5   Mere Presence Insufficient                                                                                        
8.6   Accessory After the Fact                                                                                             
8.7   Difference Between Aider and Abettor/Accessory                                                 
9.1   Attempt                                                                                                                          
9.2   Attempt as Lesser Offense                                                                                       
9.3   Impossibility No Defense                                                                                         
9.4   Abandonment as Defense to Attempt                                                                    
10.1 Conspiracy                                                                                                                  
10.2 Agreement                                                                                                                  
10.3 Membership                                                                                                               
10.4 Scope                                                                                                                          
10.5 Case Must Be Considered as to Each Defendant                                             
10.6 Solicitation to Commit a Felony                                                                             
10.7 Renunciation As a Defense to Solicitation                                                           

  

  

WITNESSES & EVIDENCE
3.4   Defendant--Impeachment by Prior Conviction                                             
3.5   Evidence                                                                                                              
3.6   Witnesses--Credibility                                                                                      
3.7   Multiple Defendants                                                                                          
4.1   Def's Statements as Evidence Against Defendant                                     
4.2   Confession Not Admissible Against Co-Defendant                                     
4.3   Circumstantial Evidence                                                                                    
4.4   Flight, Concealment, Escape or Attempted Escape                                     
4.5   Impeachment by Prior Inconsistent Statement                                             
4.7   Stipulation                                                                                                             
4.9   Motive                                                                                                                     
4.10 Preliminary Examination Transcript                                                                
4.11 Evidence of Other Offenses--Relevance Limited                                          
4.12 Time--Optional Clarifying Instruction                                                               
4.15 Fingerprint Evidence                                                                                           
5.1   Witnesses-Impeachment by Prior Conviction                                                
5.2   Weighing Conflicting Evidence--# of Witnesses                                            
5.3   Witness Interviewed by a Lawyer                                                                      
5.9   Child Witness                                                                                                       
5.10 Expert Witness                                                                                                     
5.11 Police Witness                                                                                                     
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DELIBERATIONS & VERDICT
3.1   Duties of a Judge and Jury                                                                                
3.11 Deliberations and Verdict                                                                                  
3.13 Penalty                                                                                                                   
3.14 Communications with the Court                                                                       
3.15 Exhibits                                                                                                                   
3.17 Single Defendant--Single Count                                                                       
3.18 Multiple Defendants--Single Count                                                                   
3.19 Single Def--Multiple Counts--Single Wrongful Act                                          
3.20 Single Def--Multiple Counts--More Than One "                                               
3.21 Multiple Defs--Mult. Counts--Single Wrongful Act                                           
3.22 Multiple Defs--Mult. Counts--More Than One"                                                 

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