The Washington Pattern Instructions (WPI) Committee is pleased to announce that the state’s pattern jury instructions are available to the public on a free web-site. This free public access is ...

Whether the case is civil or criminal, or tried by a judge or jury in a superior, district, or municipal court, the procedure is essentially the same. There may be some differences from court to court ...

Judge Maryellen Noreika repeatedly instructed the jurors that the lawyers’ arguments and objections shouldn’t be considered by the jury, but the instructions didn’t explicitly say not to ...

This is step one. According to the jury instructions, and imputing this claim to the state, the judge says: “the other crime ...

The same for the summations by the prosecution and defense. The judge’s jury instructions can be broadcast, as can the jury verdict. In a guilty verdict the sentencing, including any statement ...

despite a jury instruction that described the term. Contact Katelyn Newberg at [email protected] or 702-383-0240. Contact Noble Brigham at [email protected].

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Judge Andrew C. LoTempio twice refused to pick a jury for a murder trial of Jerome H. Cole at Erie County Court. Cole is ...

West advised the jury to refer back to the court’s instructions and legal definitions when considering the notion of reasonable doubt. After West declared the mistrial, Stephens’ retrial was ...

Pendergast first read introductory jury instructions, then Deputy District Attorney Ilana Shapiro laid out for the 12 jurors and three alternates what led to the death of Leilani Beauchamp ...

Aug 2, 2024 Aug 2, 2024 Updated Nov 8, 2024 Alexandra Eckersley wept and embraced her mother after a jury found her guilty Friday of three charges in connection with abandoning her newborn son in ...

Jul 22, 2024 Jul 22, 2024 Updated Oct 28, 2024 Eight women and six men were seated on the jury for the trial of a formerly homeless woman accused of abandoning her newborn son in a tent in the ...