N.C.P.I.—Civil 150.50

Members of the jury, I am going to ask you to resume your

deliberations in an attempt to return a verdict. I have already instructed

you that your verdict must be unanimous- that is, each of you must agree

on the verdict.1 I shall give you these additional instructions:

First, it is your duty to consult with one another and to deliberate

with a view to reaching an agreement, if it can be done without violence

to individual judgment.2

Second, each of you must decide the case for yourself, but only

after an impartial consideration of the evidence with your fellow jurors.3

Third, in the course of your deliberations, you should not hesitate

to reexamine your own views and change your opinion if you become

convinced it is erroneous. On the other hand, you should not hesitate to

hold to your own views and opinions if you remain convinced they are

correct.4

Fourth, none of you should surrender an honest conviction as to the

weight or effect of the evidence solely because of the opinion of your

fellow jurors, or for the mere purpose of returning a verdict.5

Please be mindful that I am in no way trying to force or coerce you

to reach a verdict. I recognize the fact that there are sometimes reasons

why jurors cannot agree. Through these additional instructions I have just

given you, I merely want to emphasize that it is your duty to do whatever

you can to reason the matter over together as reasonable people and to

reconcile your differences, if such is possible without the surrender of

conscientious convictions, and to reach a verdict.6

I will now let you resume your deliberations.7