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Instruction 6.301, Criminal Model Jury Instructions for Use in the District Court

[Verdict slip]

activein force · 2013-01-01 – presentas-observed

W HEN JURY CHARGED ON BOTH BRANCHES OF ABDW

COMMONW EALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT

___________ Division

Com plaint No. _____

)

COMMONW EALTH )

)

vs. ) JURY VERDICT

)

________________ )

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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2026-09-25
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