US-CA3 · jury_instructions
3d Cir. Model Jury Instr. (Criminal) 9.04
Sending Jury Home Overnight
We are about to stop for the (day)(week) and recess (until tomorrow)(until next
week), and I want to remind you of the instructions I gave you earlier about your
conduct as jurors.
During this recess and all other recesses, do not discuss this case with anyone,
including your fellow jurors, other people involved in the trial, members of your
family, friends, or anyone else. Do not speak at all with any of the parties, the
witnesses, or the attorneys. Do not permit anyone to discuss the case with you. Do
not even remain in the presence of anyone discussing the case. If anyone approaches
you and tries to talk to you about the case, please report that to me, through my
courtroom deputy, immediately.
While I do not know whether there is any news coverage of this case, do not
watch or listen to any news reports concerning this trial on television or radio and
do not read any news accounts of this trial in a newspaper or on the Internet. Do not
use the Internet to search for information about the parties, witnesses, lawyers, or
anything else associated with the trial. Do not visit the scene of the alleged offense or
conduct any kind of investigation of your own. The only information you are to
consider in deciding this case is what you learned in this courtroom during the trial.
You are being entrusted with a great responsibility in being permitted to
return to your homes (for the evening)(for the weekend). I am sure that each of you
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will make every effort to ensure that none of the restrictions is violated.
You must return to the courtroom at (fill in day and time). You must not begin
your deliberations again until all twelve of you are present.
Provenance
- Source
- ca3.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-19
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
- Content hash
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