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Instruction 6.301, Criminal Model Jury Instructions for Use in the District Court
[Verdict slip]
W HEN JURY CHARGED ON BOTH BRANCHES OF ABDW
COMMONW EALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT
___________ Division
Com plaint No. _____
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COMMONW EALTH )
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vs. ) JURY VERDICT
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________________ )
W e, the jury, unanim ously return the following verdict:
(Check only one of the following three choices:)
G 1. W e find the defendant NOT GUILTY of the offense of intentional or reckless assault and battery
by m eans of a dangerous weapon (General Laws chapter 265, section 15A).
G 2. W e find the defendant GUILTY as charged of the offense of INTENTIONAL assault and battery
by m eans of a dangerous weapon (General Laws chapter 265, section 15A).
G 3. W e find the defendant GUILTY as charged of the offense of RECKLESS assault and battery by
m eans of a dangerous weapon (General Laws chapter 265, section 15A).
Date: ______________ Signature: _________________________________
Foreperson of the Jury
History
Instruction 6.301, Criminal Model Jury Instructions for Use in the District Court (Revised January 2013). 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/6301-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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