Connecticut Grand Jury Instruction

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This form is a sample jury instruction wherein the court instructs the jury that the Grand Jury's indictment is not evidence of guilt but merely an accusation, and that defendant is presumed innocent. You must ascertain whether this sample instruction complies with the law in your jurisdiction.

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Duplicate names, along with the names of deceased individuals, permanently disabled individuals and anyone at least 70 years of age and older who chooses not to serve, are removed from the list. The lists are combined to form a single list of individuals from which jurors are randomly selected.

The judge will advise the jury that it is the sole judge of the facts and of the credibility (believability) of witnesses. He or she will note that the jurors are to base their conclusions on the evidence as presented in the trial, and that the opening and closing arguments of the lawyers are not evidence.

(1) Members of the jury, now it is time for me to instruct you about the law you must follow in deciding this case. (2) I will start by explaining your duties and the general rules that apply in every criminal case. (3) Then I will explain the elements of the crimes that the defendant is accused of committing.

The grand jury's function is limited to conducting investigations of governmental corruption, Medicaid vendor fraud, racketeering, election law violations, and felonies punishable by more than five years imprisonment, for which the chief state's attorney or a state's attorney can show that there is no other means of ...

The purpose of a jury charge is to "educate the decision-maker so that it will make an informed decision, not to tell the decision-make what decision to make". An instructing judge "must set out in plan and understandable terms the law that the jury must apply when assessing the facts".

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Connecticut Grand Jury Instruction