CT · jury_instructions
Conn. Crim. Jury Instr. 2.6-7
Multiple Defendants
There are <insert number of defendants> defendants on trial here. Although the defendants are
being tried together, you must consider the case against each separately. That is, your findings in
one case do not in themselves establish a basis for similar findings in the other case[s]. Each
defendant is to be considered as if (he/she) were on trial alone for the offense or offenses for
which (he/she) stands charged. You will be required, therefore, to render a verdict upon each
defendant separately. The charges against each defendant are contained in different counts.
Each count charges a separate crime joined for the convenience of the trial in one information.
You must consider each count separately and decide whether or not the state has proved each of
the elements of that crime beyond a reasonable doubt.
I remind you that during the course of the trial certain evidence of <describe evidence> was
admitted for you to consider in the case of <insert name of defendant>, but you were instructed
not to consider this particular evidence in connection with the charges against the other
defendant[s]. Your verdict for each defendant must be based solely on the evidence that was
admitted for your consideration with respect to that particular defendant. Where evidence was
admitted with respect to one defendant and not the other[s], you must consider it only with
regard to the appropriate defendant and disregard it as to the other[s]. Remember that you will
be required to return a separate verdict for each count.
Provenance
- Source
- jud.ct.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-23
- Edition
- 2026-08-23
- Content hash
c416e5438f7ab0e13b515ddf67fe5206a7cf5ae85183a285d12be9e9a843433e
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