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Wis JI-Criminal 1
Suggested Instructions
The suggestions made here are recommendations only, intended to offer some guidance
as to a logical order for assembling the instructions. Individual practices may vary and may
be equally effective.
Instructions with titles in boldface are those the Committee recommends be given in
every case. The other instructions should be given when supported by the evidence. Not all
possible general instructions are listed here. Omitted are those that are especially tied to
unusual or rarely-occurring factual situations.
50 Preliminary Instruction: Juror's Conduct; Evidence; Transcripts Not
Available; Credibility; Substantive Issues; Opening Statement
100 Opening Instructions
110 - Statement Of The Issues [Number Of Defendants; Lesser Included
125 Offenses; Number Of Counts]
1010 - Instructions Defining The Crime Charged
et seq.
Lesser Included Offenses
Defenses [JI 600 - 885, 950, 951]
Penalty Enhancers [JI 980 - 999A]
140 Burden Of Proof And Presumption Of Innocence
145 Information Not Evidence
247 Verdict As To Defendant Only
103 Evidence Defined
162 Agreed Facts
165 Judicially Noticed Facts
170 Circumstantial Evidence
172 Flight, Escape, Concealment
175 Motive
180 Statements of Defendant
270 Evidence As To Defendant's Character
275 Evidence Of Other Conduct [Required If Requested]
157 Remarks of Counsel
154 Summary of Evidence
155 Exhibits
148 Objections of Counsel; Evidence Received Over Objection
147 Improper Questions
150 Stricken Testimony
190 Weight of Evidence
195 Juror's Knowledge
300 Credibility of Witnesses
315 Defendant Elects Not To Testify [To Be Given Only If Requested By
Defendant]
317 Witness Exercising Privilege Against Self-Incrimination [To Be Given Only If
Requested; Required If Requested]
141 Where Identification Of Defendant Is In Issue
200 Expert Testimony: General
201 Opinion of Non-Expert Witness
205 Expert Testimony: Hypothetical Question
245 Testimony Of Accomplices
320 Impeachment Of Defendant By Prior Inconsistent Statements Which Are
Inadmissible in the State's Case-In-Chief [Required If Requested]
325 Impeachment of Witness: Prior Conviction or Juvenile Adjudication
327 Impeachment Of Defendant As Witness: Prior Conviction or Juvenile
Adjudication
340 Credibility Of Child Witness
160 Closing Arguments of Counsel
460 or Closing Instruction
465
480 - Verdict [Conform To Instruction Selected From 110 - 125]
494
515 Unanimous Verdict and Selection of Presiding Juror
520 Supplemental Instruction On Agreement
522 Polling the Jury
525 or Instruction After Verdict Received
525A
History
Wis JI-Criminal 1 (2016). Release No. 54, 6/2016. © 2016, Regents, Univ. of Wis. Prepared by the Wisconsin Criminal Jury Instructions Committee 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
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