Free Proposed Jury Instructions - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

Case 1:04-cr-00103-REB-MEH

Document 1096-3

Filed 03/30/2007

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INSTRUCTION NO. G- 2 INTRODUCTION TO FINAL INSTRUCTIONS Members of the Jury: In any jury trial there are, in effect, two judges. I am one of the judges, you are the other. I am the judge of the law. You, as jurors, are the judges of the facts. I presided over the trial and decided what evidence was proper for your consideration. It is also my duty at the end of the trial to explain to you the rules of law that you must follow and apply in arriving at your verdict. In explaining the rules of law that you must follow, first, I will give you some general instructions which apply in every criminal case­for example, instructions about burden of proof and insights that may help you to judge the believability of witnesses. Then I will give you some specific rules of law that apply to this particular case and, finally, I will explain the procedures you should follow in your deliberations, and the possible verdicts you may return. These instructions will be given to you for use in the jury room, so you need not take notes.

Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions (Tenth Circuit), No. 1.03 (2005).