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Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction 1.39
Lesser Included - Not Intended to Relieve of Duty
The availability of alternative verdicts for lesser included offenses is not intended to relieve you of your obligation to reach a verdict based on the law and the evidence. If the evidence warrants a verdict of guilty as to the greater offense, you must return such a verdict without being influenced by your ability to find a lesser verdict. Similarly, if the evidence warrants a verdict of not guilty as to any offense, you must return such a verdict without being influenced by your ability to find a lesser verdict.
History
Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions 1.39, dated Revised 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
06b775b37fb43cb5dce479e49db5a4bafc203a71b3a618913c24d25e1a2a9dda
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