CJI-Civ. 1:5

As jurors, your job is to decide this case based solely on the evidence presented

during the trial and the instructions that I will give you. You are not investigators or

researchers, so you must not read or use any other material or information that relates to

any aspect of the case, including the underlying claims and events and anyone associated

with this trial. This prohibition applies, for example, to: the internet; podcasts; AI tools,

including ChatGPT or similar programs; newspapers; magazines; television and radio

broadcasts; dictionaries; medical, scientific, or technical publications; and legal, religious,

or other books or materials. I want to emphasize that you must not seek or receive any

information about any aspect of this case from the internet, which includes all social media,

Google, Wikipedia, blogs, and other websites. If you were to violate this rule by receiving

outside information about any aspect of the case, it could force me to declare a mistrial,

meaning that the trial would have to start over before a different jury, and all of the

parties’ work, my work, and your work on this trial would be wasted.

Therefore, it is very important that you not receive outside information about this

case, whether it comes from other people, from the media, from books or publications, or

from the internet. You are free to use the internet, but only for purposes unrelated to this

case. Do not search for or receive any information about the parties, the lawyers, the

witnesses, the judge, the evidence you will hear, or any place or location mentioned during

the trial. Do not research the law. Do not look up the meaning of any words or scientific or

technical terms used during the trial. If necessary, I will give you definitions of words or

terms before you begin your deliberations.

Also, you are not allowed to visit any place(s) involved in this case. If you normally

travel through such a place, you should try to take a different route until I tell you that

your jury service is completed. If you cannot take a different route, you must not stop or

attempt to gather any information from that location.

Until I tell you that your jury service is completed, do not communicate with

anyone, including family and friends, about the evidence or the issues in this case. This

prohibition applies to all forms of communication, including in-person conversations,

written communications, telephone or cell phone calls, and electronic communications

through any device. For example, you must not communicate about this case by email, text

messages, Twitter, blogging, or social media.

When court is not in session, you may communicate about anything other than this

case. You may tell others that you are on a jury and that you cannot talk about the trial

until it is over, and you may tell them the estimated schedule of the trial, but do not tell

them anything else about the case. If anyone tries to communicate with you about anything

concerning the case, you must stop the communication immediately and report it to the

Bailiff, who will notify me.