IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Civil) 1.09B
When the News Media Was Present at any Portion of the Trial
In this case, the news media was permitted to film and photograph the proceedings
pursuant to the Illinois Supreme Court Policy for Extended Media Coverage in the
Circuit Courts of Illinois.
In your deliberation, you should not draw any inferences or conclusions from the fact
that cameras were present at this particular trial. Nor should you concern yourself with
why certain witnesses were filmed and photographed and others were not. Whether a
particular witness was filmed or photographed is not any indication as to the value of, or
weight to be given to, that witness's testimony.
Instruction, Notes on Use and Comment approved August 2018.
Provenance
- Source
- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
- Content hash
1740635581ef2ade6cd56994e69970a7fda492cef217949f5e15671ffc1adb65
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