US-CA3 · jury_instructions
3d Cir. Model Jury Instr. (Civil) 1.1
Preliminary Instructions — Introduction; Role of Jury
Model 2
Now that you have been sworn, I have the following preliminary instructions for your 3
guidance as jurors in this case. 4
You will hear the evidence, decide what the facts are, and then apply those facts to the law 5
that I will give to you. 6
You and only you will be the judges of the facts. You will have to decide what happened. 7
I play no part in judging the facts. You should not take anything I may say or do during the trial as 8
indicating what I think of the evidence or what your verdict should be. My role is to be the judge 9
of the law. I make whatever legal decisions have to be made during the course of the trial, and I 10
will explain to you the legal principles that must guide you in your decisions. You must follow that 11
law whether you agree with it or not. 12
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