IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 26.07
Deadlocked Jury Supplemental Instruction
The verdict must represent the considered judgment of each juror. In order to return a
verdict, it is necessary that each juror agree thereto. Your verdict must be unanimous.
It is your duty, as jurors, to consult with one another and to deliberate with a view to
reaching an agreement, if you can do so without violence to individual judgment. Each of you
must decide the case for yourself, but do so only after an impartial consideration of the evidence
with your fellow jurors. In the course of your deliberations, do not hesitate to reexamine your
own views and change your opinion if convinced it is erroneous. But do not surrender your
honest conviction as to the weight or effect of evidence solely because of the opinion of your
fellow jurors, or for the mere purpose of returning a verdict.
You are not partisans. You are judges --judges of the facts. Your sole interest is to
ascertain the truth from the evidence in the case.
Provenance
- Source
- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
- Content hash
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