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Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction 1.38
Lesser Included - Deliberation
You are free to deliberate on the charged offense of
and the lesser included offense[s] of
in any order you wish. But you are not to return a verdict on any lesser included offense unless you already have reached a unanimous verdict of not guilty as to the greater offense[s].
History
Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions 1.38, dated Added 1999. Prepared by the Alaska Criminal 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
ae61049669e33ddfb2841dd16b7130246e4e4d899090d3d59cc68ea38ac878f3
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