Free Proposed Jury Instructions - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

Case 1:00-cv-02098-REB-MJW

Document 252-15

Filed 09/14/2007

Page 1 of 1

JURY INSTRUCTION NO. _____ If it becomes necessary during your deliberations to communicate with the court, you may send a note by the bailiff signed by your foreperson or by one or more members of the jury. No member of the jury should ever attempt to communicate with the court regarding the issues of the case by any means other than such a signed writing, and the court will never communicate with any member of the jury on any subject touching the merits of the case other than in writing, or orally here in open court. If you do send a note to me containing a question or request for further direction, please bear in mind that a response takes considerable time and effort. I must first notify counsel to return to court. Then I must confer with counsel, consider their arguments and, if necessary, research the question before reducing the answer or direction to writing. You will note from the oath about to be taken by the bailiffs that they too, as well as all other persons, are forbidden to communicate in any way or manner with any member of the jury on any subject touching the merits of the case. Bear in mind also that you are never to reveal to any person ­ not even to the court­ how the jury stands, numerically or otherwise, on the questions before you, until after you have reached unanimous verdicts.

REB-15