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Instruction 8.521, Criminal Model Jury Instructions for Use in the District Court

[Verdict slip]

activein force · 2019-04-01 – presentas-observed

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETS

DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT

__________ Division

Complaint No. _____________________

COMMONWEALTH )

)

v. )

) JURY VERDICT

)

_______________________ )

Defendant )

We, the jury, unanimously return the following verdict:

1. On this complaint, charging the defendant with larceny, we find the defendant:

□NOT GUILTY □GUILTY

If you have found the defendant NOT GUILTY, do not proceed further except to date and sign this

verdict form and return to the court.

If you have found the defendant GUILTY, please go on to consider No. 2, below.

2. We also find that the Commonwealth:

□HAS NOT □HAS

proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the value of the stolen property was more than

$1,200.

Date: ________________ Signature: ____________________

History

Instruction 8.521, Criminal Model Jury Instructions for Use in the District Court (Revised April 2019). 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/8521-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
Edition: 2026-09-25
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