NY · jury_instructions
CJI2d[NY] Photographs, Upsetting
Photographs; Upsetting
In this case, photographs [may be / were] admitted in evidence to illustrate certain matters.
You may, understandably, find the photographs upsetting. If you do, remember you have promised to be fair.
If at the end of the case, after you have evaluated all the evidence, you decide that the People have not proven the defendant guilty of a charged crime, then you must find the defendant not guilty.
You must not hold the defendant responsible just because you find the photographs upsetting and believe a serious crime took place and you want someone to pay for that crime.
History
Caption: Photographs; Upsetting. Read from the committee's Word file. Prepared by the New York State Unified Court System Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions, Model Colloquies, and Evidence Rules; published by the Unified Court System at nycourts.gov (the internet edition is the only current and official publication of CJI2d).
Provenance
- Source
- nycourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
- Content hash
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