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Vermont Model Criminal Jury Instructions CR04-081
UNANIMOUS VERDICT
Your verdict must be unanimous. In connection with the charge of ____________________, there has been evidence of different and separate acts. The State need not have proven each of these different and separate acts, but before you may find (Def)_______________ guilty of the crime charged, you must all agree about which acts, if any, prove the essential elements of the crime charged. You may not find (Def)_______________ guilty of the crime charged unless you all agree that the State has proven, beyond a reasonable doubt, that (Def)_______________ committed particular acts which prove the essential elements of the charge. However, if the State has proven particular acts that prove each of the essential elements beyond a reasonable doubt, then you must return a verdict of guilty.
History
Vermont Model Criminal Jury Instructions CR04-081 (06/18/03). 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
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