CALCRIM No. 200

Members of the jury, I will now instruct you on the law that applies to

this case. [I will give you a copy of the instructions to use in the jury

room.] [Each of you has a copy of these instructions to use in the jury

room.] [The instructions that you receive may be printed, typed, or

written by hand. Certain sections may have been crossed-out or added.

Disregard any deleted sections and do not try to guess what they might

have been. Only consider the final version of the instructions in your

deliberations.]

Y ou must decide what the facts are. It is up to all of you, and you alone,

to decide what happened, based only on the evidence that has been

presented to you in this trial.

Y ou must not let bias, sympathy, prejudice, or public opinion influence

your assessment of the evidence or your decision. Many people have

assumptions and biases about or stereotypes of other people and may be

unaware of them. Y ou must not be biased in favor of or against any

party, witness, attorney, defendant[s], or alleged victim because of his or

her disability, gender, nationality, national origin, race or ethnicity,

religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, [or] age (./,) [or

socioeconomic status] (./,) [or <insert any other impermissible

form of bias>.]

Y ou must follow the law as I explain it to you, even if you disagree with

it. If you believe that the attorneys’ comments on the law conflict with

my instructions, you must follow my instructions.

Pay careful attention to all of these instructions and consider them

together. If I repeat any instruction or idea, do not conclude that it is

more important than any other instruction or idea just because I

repeated it.

Some words or phrases used during this trial have legal meanings that

are different from their meanings in everyday use. These words and

phrases will be specifically defined in these instructions. Please be sure to

listen carefully and follow the definitions that I give you. Words and

phrases not specifically defined in these instructions are to be applied

using their ordinary, everyday meanings.

Some of these instructions may not apply, depending on your findings

about the facts of the case. [Do not assume just because I give a

particular instruction that I am suggesting anything about the facts.]

After you have decided what the facts are, follow the instructions that do

apply to the facts as you find them.

New January 2006; Revised June 2007, April 2008, December 2008, September

2019, April 2020