IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Civil) 1.06
Deadlocked Jury (Follow Up To 1.05)
In a large proportion of cases absolute certainty cannot be expected nor does the law
require it.
If you fail to agree on a verdict the case must be retried. Any future jury must be selected
in the same manner as you were chosen. There is no reason to believe that the case would ever be
submitted to another jury more competent to decide it, or that the case can be tried any better or
more exhaustively than it has been here, or that more or clearer evidence could be produced on
behalf of any party.
You should now retire and reconsider the evidence in light of the court’s instructions.
Instruction, Notes and Comment created October 2008.
Provenance
- Source
- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
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