CT · jury_instructions
Conn. Civ. Jury Instr. 2.9-7
Procedures for Reporting Verdict
When you have reached a verdict, knock on the door and the marshal will alert me. When you
are told to enter the courtroom, the foreperson should sit in the first seat in the first row. When
the jury is asked if it has reached a verdict, the foreperson should respond. The marshal will then
hand the verdict to me and the verdict will be read twice to you. You will each be asked to
respond whether it is your verdict, as a check that the verdict is, in fact, unanimous.
You should not at that point expect me to make any comment about your verdict. It has been my
task to rule on issues of evidence and to instruct you on the law. It is your task to decide the
case, and I will leave that strictly up to you and make no comment on what you decide. It is, of
course, merely the division of duties, and not any lack of appreciation of your efforts, that keeps
me from commenting on your decision.
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- jud.ct.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-23
- Edition
- 2026-08-23
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