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Vermont Model Criminal Jury Instructions CR03-051
USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES (SHORT VERSION)
Your verdict must be based solely on the evidence admitted during the trial. During your deliberations, you must not seek any information about this case from any outside source, including but not limited to television, newspaper, radio, cell phones, iPhones, smart phones, BlackBerries, social networking sites, or any site on the internet.
You also must not communicate by any means about your deliberations with anyone who is not a fellow juror. This includes tweeting, texting, blogging, emailing, posting information on a social networking site or other website, or any other means of communication at all.
History
Vermont Model Criminal Jury Instructions CR03-051 (10/29/10). Prepared by the Vermont Model Criminal Jury Instructions committee; published on vtjuryinstructions.org, sponsored by the Vermont Bar Association. The committee states that the instructions have not been approved by the Vermont Supreme Court.
Provenance
- Source
- vtjuryinstructions.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
- Content hash
7fa75633d62cabe01bf01046cc049c1bcf96eec77ea21f3d805d5d779b2d5a04
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