Missouri Approved Instructions – Criminal (MAI-CR) 402.00 SERIES INSTRUCTIONS REQUIRED IN ALL TRIALS 402.04 Burden of Proof and Related Matters The charge of any offense is not evidence, and it creates no inference that any offense was committed or that (the) (either) (any) defendant is guilty of an offense. (The) (Each) defendant is presumed to […]
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Idaho Criminal Jury Instructions ICJI 1500 BURDEN OF PROOF ON DEFENSES ICJI 1515 JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE BY OFFICER DEFENSE INSTRUCTION NO. The defendant contends as a defense in this case that the killing of the decedent was a justifiable homicide. Homicide is justifiable when committed by public officers and those acting by their command in their
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Idaho Criminal Jury Instructions ICJI 1500 BURDEN OF PROOF ON DEFENSES ICJI 1512 NECESSITY DEFENSE INSTRUCTION NO. The defendant cannot be guilty [of (name of crime)] if the defendant acted because of necessity. Conduct which violates the law is justified by necessity if: 1. there is a specific threat of immediate harm to [the defendant]
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Idaho Criminal Jury Instructions ICJI 300 EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES ICJI 307 FLIGHT [NO TEXT IN ORIGINAL] [230613]
Idaho Criminal Jury Instructions ICJI 100 PRE-PROOF INSTRUCTIONS ICJI 103 REASONABLE DOUBT PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE-REASONABLE DOUBT INSTRUCTION NO. Under our law and system of justice, the defendant is presumed to be innocent. The presumption of innocence means two things. First, the state has the burden of proving the defendant guilty. The state has that burden
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South Carolina Requests to Charge – Criminal PART I GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS § 1-24 Flight It is improper for the trial judge to instruct the jury on the law of flight. In State v. Grant, 275 S.C. 404, 272 S.E.2d 169 (1980), the Supreme Court of South Carolina held: While an instruction on flight has been
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South Carolina Requests to Charge – Criminal PART I GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS § 1-5 Reasonable Doubt The State has the burden of proving the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The State is required to prove every element of the charged offense by evidence which satisfies the jury of the guilt of the defendant beyond a
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South Carolina Requests to Charge – Criminal PART VI DEFENSES § 6-19 Alibi The defendant in this case has raised a defense of alibi. That means the defendant was not at the scene of the crime at the time it was committed, but was elsewhere and had nothing to do with it. The word “alibi”
South Carolina Requests to Charge – Criminal PART VI DEFENSES § 6-18 Self-Defense – Bad Blood There has been evidence in this case regarding bad blood or ill feelings between the parties. If there is bad blood existing between two citizens, and there have been antecedent threats between them, that would not give either one
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South Carolina Requests to Charge – Criminal PART VI DEFENSES § 6-17 Self-Defense – Battered Person’s Syndrome The defendant claims self-defense as a result of battered person’s syndrome. Evidence that the defendant suffers from battered person’s syndrome was admitted for your consideration in connection with the defendant’s claim of self-defense. A battered person is a
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