Written jury instructions are often detailed enough that some judges let jurors keep copies.
Evidence
The judge’s instructions are written explanations of the law, which the judge reads to the jury in open court. Often the instructions are technical and detailed, and some judges therefore allow the jurors to take a copy of the instructions with them to the jury room. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1401
Categorization
- CANDY: Small concrete detail — some judges let jurors take written instructions into deliberations — easy elevator material about how trials actually run.
- XREF: connects to: Jury instructions define the offenses, defenses, and burden of proof governing a verdict. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1402; Attorneys draft jury instructions that judges select among and may reject with appealable error — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1403; Judges decide law while juries decide facts and apply it — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1409 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Attorneys draft jury instructions that judges select among and may reject with appealable error
#qualifies(0.90) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1403 - Judges decide law while juries decide facts and apply it
#qualifies(0.90) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1409 - Formal written jury instructions became opaque to the juries they supposedly guided.
#corroborates(0.80) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 2316 - A judge can parse jury deadlock and misconduct from notes alone.
#complicates(0.70) — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 2362 - Courts depend on litigants to learn whether their rulings are obeyed
#expands(0.70) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2875 - Criminal juries systematically convict less often than judges would in identical cases
#complicates(0.70) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1439