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Criminal Model Jury Instructions for Use in the District Court

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  • Publication Date: 2/25/2022
  • Edition: 3rd Edition 2009, with 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2022 Supplements
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  • Table of Contents

    Table of Contents

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    Part 0 expand

    Drafting a Plain Language Jury Instruction

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    - Required Jury Instructions Buy Form
    Part 1 expand

    Instructions Before and During Trial

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    Instruction 1.100

    - Impaneling the Jury Buy Form

    Instruction 1.105

    - COVID-19 Supplemental Impanelment Instruction Buy Form

    Instruction 1.120

    - Preliminary Instruction to Jury Before Trial Buy Form

    Instruction 1.130

    - Discussion Prohibited Buy Form

    Instruction 1.140

    - Alternate Preliminary Instruction to Jury Before Trial Buy Form

    Instruction 1.160

    - Notetaking by Jurors Buy Form

    Instruction 1.180

    - Questions to Witnesses from Jurors Buy Form

    Instruction 1.200

    - Recordation of Proceedings Buy Form

    Instruction 1.220

    - Lengthy Bench or Lobby Conferences Buy Form

    Instruction 1.240

    - Separation of the Jury Buy Form

    Instruction 1.260

    - Extraneous Publicity Buy Form

    Instruction 1.270

    - Use of an Interpreter Buy Form

    Instruction 1.275

    - Interpreter Assistance for a Deaf Juror Buy Form

    Instruction 1.280

    - Before a View Buy Form

    Instruction 1.300

    - Multiple Defendants; Evidence Admitted Against One Defendant Only Buy Form

    Instruction 1.320

    - Withdrawn Case Against Codefendant; Withdrawn Charges Against Defendant; Defendant’s Absence Midtrial Buy Form

    Instruction 1.340

    - Preliminary Identification Buy Form
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    General Instructions

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    Instruction 2.100

    - Function of the Judge Buy Form

    Instruction 2.120

    - Function of the Jury; What is Evidence; Credibility of Witnesses Buy Form

    Instruction 2.140

    - Function of Counsel Buy Form

    Instruction 2.160

    - Presumption of Innocence; Burden of Proof; Unanimity Buy Form

    Instruction 2.180

    - Reasonable Doubt Buy Form

    Instruction 2.220

    - What Is Evidence; Stipulations; Judicial Notice Buy Form

    Instruction 2.240

    - Direct and Circumstantial Evidence Buy Form

    Instruction 2.260

    - Credibility of Witnesses Buy Form

    Instruction 2.280

    - Lesser Included Offenses Buy Form

    Instruction 2.300

    - Multiple Charges Buy Form

    Instruction 2.320

    - Multiple Incidents or Theories in One Count (Specific Unanimity) Buy Form

    Instruction 2.340

    - Joint Representation Buy Form

    Instruction 2.360

    - Reprimand of Counsel Buy Form

    Instruction 2.380

    - Pro Se Defendant; Discharge of Counsel Buy Form

    Instruction 2.400

    - Announced Witness Does Not Testify Buy Form

    Instruction 2.420

    - Reducing and Sending Out the Jury Buy Form

    Instruction 2.440

    - Before and After Supplemental Instructions Buy Form

    Instruction 2.460

    - When Jurors Cannot Agree Buy Form

    Instruction 2.480

    - Seating of Alternate Juror Buy Form

    Instruction 2.500

    - Taking the Verdict and Discharging the Jury Buy Form

    Instruction 2.520

    - Imposing Sentence Buy Form

    Instruction 2.521

    - Chart of Potential Money Assessments Buy Form

    Instruction 2.540

    - Subsequent Offense Buy Form

    Instruction 2.541

    - One-Prior-Offense Verdict Slip Buy Form

    Instruction 2.542

    - Several-Prior-Offenses Verdict Slip Buy Form
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    Definitions and Proof

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    Committee on Criminal Proceedings, Trial Court/District Court Department, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

    Instruction 3.100

    - Inferences Buy Form

    Instruction 3.120

    - Intent Buy Form

    Instruction 3.140

    - Knowledge Buy Form

    Instruction 3.160

    - License or Authority Buy Form

    Instruction 3.180

    - Negligence Buy Form

    Instruction 3.200

    - Operation of a Motor Vehicle Buy Form

    Instruction 3.210

    - Motor Vehicle Buy Form

    Instruction 3.220

    - Possession Buy Form

    Instruction 3.230

    - Transferred Intent Buy Form

    Instruction 3.240

    - Presumption Buy Form

    Instruction 3.260

    - Prima Facie Evidence Buy Form

    Instruction 3.280

    - Public Way Buy Form
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    Evaluation of Evidence

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    Instruction 3.500

    - Absent Witness Buy Form

    Instruction 3.520

    - Admission by Silence Buy Form

    Instruction 3.540

    - Child Witness Buy Form

    Instruction 3.560

    - Confessions and Admissions (Humane Practice) Buy Form

    Instruction 3.570

    - Evidence with Redacted Material Buy Form

    Instruction 3.580

    - Consciousness of Guilt Buy Form

    Instruction 3.600

    - Defendant Does Not Testify Buy Form

    Instruction 3.610

    - Authentication of Digital Evidence Buy Form

    Instruction 3.620

    - Excluded Question; Stricken Evidence Buy Form

    Instruction 3.640

    - Expert Witness Buy Form

    Instruction 3.660

    - First Complaint Buy Form

    Instruction 3.680

    - Impeachment by Prior Conviction of a Crime Buy Form

    Instruction 3.700

    - Impeachment by Prior Inconsistent Statement; Rehabilitation by Prior Consistent Statement Buy Form

    Instruction 3.720

    - Mug Shots Buy Form

    Instruction 3.740

    - Omissions in Police Investigations Buy Form

    Instruction 3.760

    - Other Bad Acts by Defendant Buy Form

    Instruction 3.780

    - Prior Trial Buy Form

    Instruction 3.800

    - Reputation of Defendant Buy Form

    Instruction 3.820

    - Unrecorded Custodial Interrogation Buy Form

    Instruction 3.840

    - Consideration of Business Records Buy Form
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    General Offenses

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    Instruction 4.100

    - Accessory Before the Fact Buy Form

    Instruction 4.120

    - Attempt Buy Form

    Instruction 4.140

    - Compounding or Concealing a Felony Buy Form

    Instruction 4.160

    - Conspiracy Buy Form

    Instruction 4.180

    - Corporate Criminal Responsibility Buy Form

    Instruction 4.200

    - Aiding and Abetting Buy Form
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    Motor Vehicle & OUI Offenses

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    Instruction 5.100

    - Attaching Wrong Plates to Conceal Identity Buy Form

    Instruction 5.120

    - False Statement in License Application Buy Form

    Instruction 5.140

    - Homicide by a Motor Vehicle (Felony) Buy Form

    Instruction 5.160

    - Homicide by a Motor Vehicle (Misdemeanor) Buy Form

    Instruction 5.180

    - Leaving the Scene of an Accident Involving Property Damage Buy Form

    Instruction 5.190

    - Leaving the Scene of an Accident Involving Personal Injury Not Resulting in Death Buy Form

    Instruction 5.200

    - Operating After Suspension or Revocation of License Buy Form

    Instruction 5.220

    - Operating an Uninsured Motor Vehicle Buy Form

    Instruction 5.240

    - Operating Negligently So As to Endanger Buy Form

    Instruction 5.260

    - Operating Recklessly Buy Form

    Instruction 5.300

    - Operating with a Blood Alcohol Level of .08% or Greater Buy Form

    Instruction 5.301

    - Verdict Slip - Operating with a Blood Alcohol Level of .08% or Greater Buy Form

    Instruction 5.305

    - Endangering a Child While Operating with a Blood Alcohol Level of .08% or Greater Buy Form

    Instruction 5.310

    - Operating Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor Buy Form

    Instruction 5.311

    - Verdict Slip - Operating Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor Buy Form

    Instruction 5.315

    - Endangering a Child While Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor Buy Form

    Instruction 5.400

    - Operating Under the Influence of Drugs Buy Form

    Instruction 5.500

    - Operating Under the Influence Causing Serious Injury Buy Form

    Instruction 5.501

    - Verdict Slip - Operating Under the Influence Causing Serious Injury Buy Form

    Instruction 5.520

    - Failure to Have Ignition Interlock Device Buy Form

    Instruction 5.530

    - Disabling an Ignition Interlock Device Buy Form

    Instruction 5.600

    - Operating Without Being Licensed Buy Form

    Instruction 5.620

    - Refusal to Obey Police Officer Buy Form

    Instruction 5.640

    - Road Racing Buy Form

    Instruction 5.660

    - Use of Vehicle Without Authority Buy Form

    Instruction 5.700

    - Operating a Boat with a Blood Alcohol Level of 0.08% or Greater Buy Form

    Instruction 5.710

    - Operating a Boat Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor Buy Form
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    Offenses Against the Person

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    Instruction 6.100

    - Affray Buy Form

    Instruction 6.120

    - Assault Buy Form

    Instruction 6.121

    - Verdict Slip - Assault Buy Form

    Instruction 6.140

    - Assault and Battery Buy Form

    Instruction 6.160

    - Assault and Battery Causing Serious Injury Buy Form

    Instruction 6.180

    - Assault and Battery on a Person Protected by an Abuse Prevention Order Buy Form

    Instruction 6.200

    - Assault and Battery on a Pregnant Woman Buy Form

    Instruction 6.205

    - Battery to Intimidate Another Based on Bias Buy Form

    Instruction 6.210

    - Assault and Battery on a Police Officer or Public Employee Buy Form

    Instruction 6.220

    - Assault and Battery on a Child Under 14 Causing Bodily Injury Buy Form

    Instruction 6.230

    - Wantonly or Recklessly Permitting Bodily Injury to a Child Under 14 Buy Form

    Instruction 6.240

    - Wantonly or Recklessly Permitting Another to Commit an Assault and Battery on a Child Under 14 Causing Bodily Injury Buy Form

    Instruction 6.250

    - Wantonly or Recklessly Permitting Substantial Bodily Injury to a Child Under 14 Buy Form

    Instruction 6.260

    - Wantonly or Recklessly Permitting Another to Commit an Assault and Battery on a Child Under 14 Causing Substantial Bodily Injury Buy Form

    Instruction 6.270

    - Assault on Family or Household Member Buy Form

    Instruction 6.275

    - Assault and Battery on Family or Household Member Buy Form

    Instruction 6.280

    - Assault and Battery on an Elder or Disabled Person Buy Form

    Instruction 6.281

    - Assault and Battery on an Elder or Disabled Person Causing Bodily Injury Buy Form

    Instruction 6.282

    - Assault and Battery on an Elder or Disabled Person Causing Serious Bodily Injury Buy Form

    Instruction 6.290

    - Caretaker Who Wantonly or Recklessly Permits (Serious) Bodily Injury to an Elder or Disabled Person (Dec 2019) Buy Form

    Instruction 6.295

    - Caretaker Who Wantonly or Recklessly Abused, Neglected or Mistreated an Elder or Disabled Person Buy Form

    Instruction 6.300

    - Assault and Battery by Means of a Dangerous Weapon Buy Form

    Instruction 6.301

    - Verdict Slip - Assault and Battery by Means of a Dangerous Weapon Buy Form

    Instruction 6.320

    - ABDW Causing Serious Injury Buy Form

    Instruction 6.340

    - ABDW on a Child Under 14 Buy Form

    Instruction 6.360

    - ABDW on a Person Protected by an Abuse Prevention Order Buy Form

    Instruction 6.380

    - ABDW on a Pregnant Woman Buy Form

    Instruction 6.390

    - Suffocation Buy Form

    Instruction 6.395

    - Strangulation Buy Form

    Instruction 6.400

    - Custodial Interference by Relative Buy Form

    Instruction 6.500

    - Indecent Assault and Battery Buy Form

    Instruction 6.520

    - Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child Under Fourteen Buy Form

    Instruction 6.530

    - Secretly Photographing or Videotaping a Nude or Partially Nude Person Buy Form

    Instruction 6.535

    - Secretly Photographing, Videotaping, or Electronically Surveilling a Person’s Intimate Parts Under or Around Clothing Buy Form

    Instruction 6.540

    - Reckless Endangerment of a Child Under 18 Buy Form

    Instruction 6.560

    - Enticing a Child Under 16 Buy Form

    Instruction 6.570

    - Kidnapping Buy Form

    Instruction 6.575

    - Kidnapping by Trickery or Deceit (Inveigle) Buy Form
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    Abuse-Related Offenses

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    Instruction 6.600

    - Annoying and Accosting Persons Buy Form

    Instruction 6.620

    - Civil Rights Violations Buy Form

    Instruction 6.640

    - Criminal Harassment Buy Form

    Instruction 6.660

    - Harassing or Obscene Telephone Calls Buy Form

    Instruction 6.680

    - Stalking Buy Form

    Instruction 6.700

    - Threat to Commit Crime Buy Form

    Instruction 6.720

    - Violation of an Abuse Prevention Order Buy Form

    Instruction 6.740

    - Violation of a Harassment Prevention Order Buy Form
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    Public Order Offenses

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    Instruction 7.100

    - Bail Jumping Buy Form

    Instruction 7.120

    - Common Nightwalker Buy Form

    Instruction 7.140

    - Deriving Support from Earnings of a Prostitute Buy Form

    Instruction 7.160

    - Disorderly Conduct Buy Form

    Instruction 7.180

    - Disseminating Obscene Matter; Possession with Intent to Disseminate Obscene Matter Buy Form

    Instruction 7.200

    - Disturbing the Peace Buy Form

    Instruction 7.210

    - Wilful Interference with a Fire Fighting Operation Buy Form

    Instruction 7.220

    - Escape Buy Form

    Instruction 7.240

    - Failing to Register as a Sex Offender Buy Form

    Instruction 7.260

    - False Report of a Crime Buy Form

    Instruction 7.270

    - Cruelty to Animals Buy Form

    Instruction 7.280

    - Fighting Animals Buy Form

    Instruction 7.300

    - Giving False Name upon Arrest Buy Form

    Instruction 7.320

    - Illegal Lottery Buy Form

    Instruction 7.340

    - Indecent Exposure Buy Form

    Instruction 7.360

    - Intimidating a Witness, Juror, Court Official or Law Enforcement Officer Buy Form

    Instruction 7.365

    - Intentionally Misleading Investigator in a Criminal Investigation Buy Form

    Instruction 7.370

    - Interfering with a Police Officer Buy Form

    Instruction 7.380

    - Lewd, Wanton and Lascivious Act Buy Form

    Instruction 7.400

    - Open and Gross Lewdness and Lascivious Behavior Buy Form

    Instruction 7.410

    - Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor Buy Form

    Instruction 7.420

    - Possession of Fireworks Buy Form

    Instruction 7.440

    - Registering Bets Buy Form

    Instruction 7.460

    - Resisting Arrest Buy Form

    Instruction 7.480

    - Sexual Conduct for a Fee Buy Form

    Instruction 7.500

    - Unnatural and Lascivious Act Buy Form

    Instruction 7.520

    - Use of Telephone for Betting Buy Form

    Instruction 7.540

    - Possession of Child Pornography Buy Form
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    Firearms and Weapons Offenses

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    Instruction 7.600

    - Carrying a Firearm Buy Form

    Instruction 7.620

    - Possession of a Firearm Buy Form

    Instruction 7.625

    - Possession of Ammunition Buy Form

    Instruction 7.630

    - Improper Storage of a Firearm Buy Form

    Instruction 7.640

    - Defacing Firearm Serial Number; Receiving a Firearm with a Defaced Serial Number Buy Form

    Instruction 7.660

    - Possession of Firearm with Defaced Serial Number during Felony Buy Form

    Instruction 7.670

    - Carrying a Loaded Firearm While Under the Influence Buy Form

    Instruction 7.680

    - Carrying Certain Dangerous Weapons Buy Form

    Instruction 7.700

    - Carrying a Dangerous Weapon When Arrested Buy Form
    Part 7.3 expand

    Drug Offenses

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    Instruction 7.800

    - Distribution of a Controlled Substance; Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance Buy Form

    Instruction 7.810

    - Unlawfully Distributing Marijuana Buy Form

    Instruction 7.815

    - Unlawfully Furnishing Marijuana to a Person Under 21 Buy Form

    Instruction 7.820

    - Possession of a Controlled Substance Buy Form

    Instruction 7.825

    - Possession of Marijuana Buy Form

    Instruction 7.830

    - Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance Other than Marijuana Buy Form

    Instruction 7.835

    - Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana Buy Form

    Instruction 7.840

    - Sale of Drug Paraphernalia; Possession with Intent to Sell Drug Paraphernalia Buy Form

    Instruction 7.841

    - Definition of “Drug Paraphernalia” Buy Form

    Instruction 7.860

    - School Zone Drug Violation Buy Form

    Instruction 7.870

    - Park Zone Drug Violation Buy Form

    Instruction 7.900

    - Conspiracy to Violate the Drug Laws Buy Form
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    Property Offenses

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    Instruction 8.100

    - Breaking and Entering Buy Form

    Instruction 8.120

    - Burning Insured Property Buy Form

    Instruction 8.140

    - Burning Personal Property, Motor Vehicle, etc. Buy Form

    Instruction 8.160

    - Forgery Buy Form

    Instruction 8.180

    - Possession of Burglarious Tools Buy Form

    Instruction 8.200

    - Theft, Purchase, Receipt, Possession or Concealment of Stolen Motor Vehicle; Malicious Damage to Motor Vehicle; Stealing Parts from Motor Vehicle Taken Without Authority; Concealing Motor Vehicle Thief Buy Form

    Instruction 8.220

    - Trespass Buy Form

    Instruction 8.240

    - Uttering Buy Form

    Instruction 8.250

    - Vandalism Buy Form

    Instruction 8.260

    - Wanton Destruction of Property Buy Form

    Instruction 8.280

    - Wilful and Malicious Destruction of Property Buy Form

    Instruction 8.300

    - Wilful or Wanton Destruction of House of Worship, Cemetery or School Buy Form
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    Larceny Offenses

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    Instruction 8.400

    - Fraudulent Insurance Claim Buy Form

    Instruction 8.420

    - Identity Fraud by Posing as Another Buy Form

    Instruction 8.440

    - Identity Fraud by Obtaining Personal Information Buy Form

    Instruction 8.460

    - Larceny by Check Buy Form

    Instruction 8.480

    - Larceny by Embezzlement Buy Form

    Instruction 8.500

    - Larceny by False Pretenses Buy Form

    Instruction 8.520

    - Larceny by Stealing Buy Form

    Instruction 8.521

    - Verdict Slip - Larceny by Stealing Buy Form

    Instruction 8.540

    - Larceny by Stealing in a Building Buy Form

    Instruction 8.560

    - Larceny from the Person Buy Form

    Instruction 8.580

    - Larceny of Leased or Rented Personal Property Buy Form

    Instruction 8.600

    - Receiving Stolen Property Buy Form

    Instruction 8.620

    - Shoplifting Buy Form

    Instruction 8.640

    - Unauthorized Transfer of Sound Recordings Buy Form
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    Defense and Justification

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    Instruction 9.100

    - Accident Buy Form

    Instruction 9.120

    - Alibi Buy Form

    Instruction 9.140

    - Entrapment Buy Form

    Instruction 9.160

    - Identification Buy Form

    Instruction 9.180

    - Intoxication with Alcohol or Drugs Buy Form

    Instruction 9.200

    - Lack of Criminal Responsibility Buy Form

    Instruction 9.220

    - Mental Impairment Short of Insanity Buy Form

    Instruction 9.230

    - Duress Buy Form

    Instruction 9.240

    - Necessity Buy Form

    Instruction 9.250

    - Parental Discipline Buy Form

    Instruction 9.260

    - Self-Defense; Defense of Another; Defense of Property Buy Form
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    Committee on Criminal Proceedings, Trial Court/District Court Department, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Cambridge
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