Indiana Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal
CHAPTER 3 OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON (effective for crimes committed July 1, 2014 or after, unless otherwise noted)

Instruction No. 3.0100. Murder—Killing a Human Being.

I.C. 35-42-1-1.

The crime of murder is defined by law as follows:

A person who knowingly or intentionally kills another human being commits murder, a felony.

Before you may convict the Defendant, the State must have proved each of the following beyond a reasonable doubt:

1. The Defendant
2. knowingly or intentionally
3. killed
4. (name).

If the State failed to prove each of these elements beyond a reasonable doubt, you must find the Defendant not guilty of murder, a felony, charged in Count __________.

 

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