Wis JI-Children 101

Members of the jury, (this case) (these cases) will now be submitted to you in the form

of a special verdict consisting of questions. Your duty is to answer those questions

which, according to the evidence and my instructions, it becomes necessary for you to answer

to arrive at a completed verdict. It then becomes my duty to direct judgment according to law

and according to the facts as you have found them.

Evidence is defined as follows:

1. testimony of witnesses given in court, both on direct and cross-examination,

regardless of who called the witness;

2. deposition testimony presented during the trial;

3. exhibits admitted by me regardless of whether they go to the jury room; and

4. any facts to which the lawyers have agreed or stipulated or which I have directed

you to find.

Anything you may have seen or heard outside the courtroom is not evidence. You are

to decide the case solely on the evidence offered and received at trial. You are to be guided

by my instructions and your own sound judgment in considering the evidence in (this case)

(these cases) and in answering these questions.

You should not concern yourselves about whether your answers will be favorable to one

party or to the other nor with what the final result of (this case) (these cases) may be.