CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 3577
Instructions to Alternate on Submission of Case to Jury
To the alternate juror[s]: The jury (will soon begin/is now) deliberating,
but you are still [an] alternate juror[s] and are bound by my earlier
instructions about your conduct.
Do not talk about the case or about any of the people or any subject
involved in it with anyone, not even your family or friends[, and not
even with each other]. Do not have any contact with the deliberating
jurors. Do not decide how you would vote if you were deliberating. Do
not form or express an opinion about the issues in this case, unless you
are substituted for one of the deliberating jurors.
New January 2006; Revised June 2007
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2019
- Content hash
1ec39167abb44fac750802b5ce4ba0868c5bf6daa6ca31e98f104f4045c326b9
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