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ladies and gentlemen, you will now

we will recess now for lunch

you, ladies and gentlemen, are the

during the recess, do not

at this time, ladies and gentlemen

it is now time to recess for the day

in the morning, ladies and gentlemen

recesses in the morning and afternoon

 

 

return to the jury room

rest of the testimony

you are the jury sworn to try

testimony of the witnesses

before the jury can return

based on the testimony

your duty as the jury

listen to the testimony and do not

 

 

explain the procedure

we will adjourn now

procedure to be followed

adjourn for today and then

the procedure will be

after we adjourn this evening

what was the procedure

and adjourn the case in time

 

 

presumed to be innocent

an indictment is the way

guilty or innocent in this case

charged with an indictment

innocent until proven otherwise

indictment is not evidence of

the defendant is innocent

the indictment will be returned

 

 

at the very first opportunity

judge will instruct you

is given the opportunity to

instruct the jury on the rules

take this opportunity now

get ready for me to instruct

the opportunity to see

can instruct me on how to

 

 

making a decision about

that will be your verdict

hard decision to think about

verdict must be unanimous

decision of the jury on the

for you to decide on a verdict

that will be your decision

sign the verdict form

 

 

will begin to deliberate on

preponderance means the greater

deliberate on the issues

failed to prove by a preponderance

time to deliberate

the preponderance of the

the jury can deliberate the case

 

 

 

what we call their summations

through negligence by the

through the summations this

negligence against this defendant

summations by the attorneys

proof of negligence on the

the summations will take

there was no negligence

 

 

determining the credibility of the

their demeanor on the stand

credibility is the weight

demeanor while testifying

the jury will decide what credibility

observe the demeanor of

what credibility the witness has

consider his demeanor when

Carol Adams, Huntington Junior College

Jury Charge Drills 1

 
 
 


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