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Wis JI-Criminal 100
Opening Instructions
Members of the jury:
The court will now instruct you upon the principles of law which you are to follow in
considering the evidence and in reaching your verdict.
It is your duty to follow all of these instructions. Regardless of any opinion you may have
about what the law is or ought to be, you must base your verdict on the law I give you in
these instructions. Apply that law to the facts in the case which have been properly proven by
the evidence. Consider only the evidence received during this trial and the law as given to
you by these instructions and from these alone, guided by your soundest reason and best
judgment, reach your verdict.
If any member of the jury has an impression of my opinion as to whether the defendant is
guilty or not guilty, disregard that impression entirely and decide the issues of fact solely as
you view the evidence. You, the jury, are the sole judges of the facts, and the court is the
judge of the law only.
History
Wis JI-Criminal 100 (2000). Release No. 38, 4/2000. © 2000, 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
- Content hash
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