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Wis JI-Children 151
Closing: Short Form
Now, members of the jury, this case is ready to be submitted to you for your serious
deliberation. You will consider the case fairly, honestly, impartially, and in the light of reason
and common sense. Give each question in the verdict your careful and conscientious
consideration. In answering each question, free your minds of all feelings of sympathy, bias,
or prejudice. Let your verdict speak the truth, whatever the truth may be.
When you retire to the jury room, your first duty will be to elect a juror who will
preside over your deliberations and write in the answers you have agreed upon. The vote of
your presiding juror is entitled to no greater weight than the vote of any other juror. When
your deliberations are concluded and your answers are inserted in the verdict, the presiding
juror will sign and date the verdict, and all of you will return to the courtroom with the
verdict.
The clerk may now swear the bailiffs.
History
Wis JI-Children 151 (2018). ©2018, Regents, Univ. of Wis. Prepared by the Wisconsin Jury Instructions Committees of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.
Provenance
- Source
- wilawlibrary.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
4c5e4fe014d0f1d0ac934f51e2993ffce1472ec7df069e5d0efe1cb902e916a0
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