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Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 1.12
Questions by Jurors
After a witness has testified, you may propose questions to the witness, but you are not required to do so. The purpose of allowing you to submit questions is to help you understand the evidence. You should not become aligned with any party or attempt to help or respond to any party with your questions. You must remain neutral and impartial throughout this trial, and you must not assume the role of investigator or advocate.
Please write down the questions you want to ask. Add your [Jury Member Number] [Initials], and pass the questions to me. I will review them and show them to the parties. I may ask your questions or I may allow the parties to ask them.
You must decide independently whether to ask any questions. Do not discuss questions with anyone else including other members of the jury.
I will only allow questions that comply with the Rules of Evidence. Do not hold it against either party if I decide not to ask your questions. The decision whether to ask questions is for the court, and not the parties.
You should consider answers to juror questions the same way that you consider answers to questions posed by the parties. You should not give an answer to a juror question special weight or consideration.
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 1.12, dated (2005). Prepared by the Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee; published by the Alaska Court System. The Alaska Court System states that these instructions "have not been approved or promulgated by any court or the Alaska Bar Association."
Provenance
- Source
- courts.alaska.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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