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22 Nov 2019, 9:03 am by Kish Law
  One kind of easy way to find the “elements” of a specific crime in a statute is to look for the standard jury instructions that most federal appellate courts  publish. [read post]
20 Nov 2014, 11:55 am
“That’s why they refer to them as the gold standard. [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 10:41 am
Florida, reversed defendant's criminal conviction for hit-and-run on grounds that standard jury instructions on this matter are unclear. [read post]
8 Oct 2020, 10:20 am by Phil Dixon
The trial court also reminded the jury that the reasonable doubt standard applied to all parts of the trial and re-instructed the jury on the burden of proof, the presumption of innocence, and reasonable doubt. [read post]
31 May 2024, 10:51 am by James E. Novak, P.L.L.C.
According to the defendant, if the trial court had properly instructed the jury members about the difference between the two standards, they might have returned a more favorable verdict. [read post]
28 Jul 2009, 12:58 pm
It is the prosecutor that presents all of the evidence and instructs the grand jury on the law. [read post]
7 Oct 2013, 1:05 pm
In every Jacksonville Criminal Defense Case, the jury is read a series of instructions right before they are sent back to deliberate. [read post]
26 Jun 2012, 11:38 pm
According to the Florida Committee on Standard Jury Instruction in Criminal Cases, judges have an obligation to warn jurors against using "electronic devices or computers to talk about [a] case, including tweeting, texting, blogging, e-mailing, or posting information on the web... [read post]
9 Jun 2016, 8:00 am by Sevens Legal
Most people think eyewitness testimony is the “Gold Standard” when it comes to putting together the event details when it comes to documenting facts about a case. [read post]
25 Mar 2007, 1:31 am
Somewhat surprisingly another case was empanelling a jury at 3:00, so I was called to another criminal department. [read post]
18 Aug 2022, 7:53 am by Alex Phipps
This summary will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a free and searchable database of case summaries from 2008 to the present [read post]
3 Jun 2015, 2:20 pm
Because it decided that Elonis's jury was not properly instructed about the meaning of the federal criminal threat statute, the Supreme Court did not decide whether Elonis's speech was protected by the First Amendment. [read post]
29 Jul 2007, 12:53 pm
Yet the preponderance standard is less demanding, at least in theory, than the criminal standard. [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 7:32 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The menu of the Court’s capital punishment cases offers cases concerning jury instructions (Carr v. [read post]
9 Sep 2016, 10:26 am by Jason Weiner
Phase 6: The Jury’s Deliberation Once they have received their instructions, the jurors retire as a group to discuss the case. [read post]
13 Jun 2016, 6:35 am by Steve Kalar
The jury was not instructed of the “under the authority” element, and found Murphy guilty. [read post]
30 Nov 2007, 12:59 pm
As in the final sentence of the opinion, which says: "So we have this advice for trial judges: in a criminal case, put CALCRIM No. 3500 on your list of standard instructions to give, then ask yourself: 'Is there some reason not to give this instruction in this case? [read post]
4 Jul 2022, 12:45 pm by John Floyd
Clark once said, “The jury system improves the quality of justice and is the sole means of keeping its administration attuned to community standards. [read post]