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Instruction 2.541, Criminal Model Jury Instructions for Use in the District Court
[One prior offense verdict slip]
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT
___________ Division
Complaint No. _____
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COMMONWEALTH )
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vs. ) JURY VERDICT
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________________ )
We, the jury, unanimously return the following verdict:
We find the defendant:
G NOT GUILTY as a subsequent offender.
G GUILTY as a subsequent offender.
Date: _________ Signature:_________________________________
Foreperson of the Jury
History
Instruction 2.541, Criminal Model Jury Instructions for Use in the District Court (2009 Edition). Published by the Administrative Office of the District Court, District Court Department of the Trial Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on www.mass.gov. © 1988-2009 Administrative Office of the District Court; reproduced under its title-page permission ("You may freely reproduce or copy this work if you identify its source and any changes made to the original work"). Source: https://www.mass.gov/doc/2541-one-prior-offense-verdict-slip/download. Changes made: the text is extracted from the published PDF (verified by three extraction engines); the running headers, page numbers and line layout are removed, and a closing NOTES section, where printed, is carried as the note.
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- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
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- 2026-09-25
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