OUJI-CIV No. 1.14

DEADLOCKED JURY CHARGE

This case has taken approximately [Specify Number] hours of trial time. You

have deliberated for approximately [Specify Number] hours. You report to m e that you

are experiencing difficulty in arriving at a verdict.

This is an important case and a serious matter to all concerned. You are the

exclusive judges of the facts; the court is the judge of the law. You are now to return to

your jury room and resume your deliberations. At least nine jurors must agree to reach a

verdict. Further open and frank discussion of the evidence and law submitted to you in

this case may aid you in arriving at a verdict.

The giving of this inst ruction at this time in no way means that it is more

important than any other instruction. On the contrary, you should consider this

instruction together with, and as part of, the instructions which I previously gave you.

In stating the foregoing, I again repeat: you are the judges of the facts; the court is

the judge of the law. In making all statements made to you I have not, nor do I now,

express or intimate, nor indicate in any way, the conclusions to be reached by you in this

case, nor do I intend in any way or manner to coerce a verdict, nor directly or indirectly

to force a verdict in this case. I only ask that you return to your jury room and, again,

diligently and earnestly under your oaths resume your deliberations.