Jury instructions concluded on Wednesday in the New York City criminal trial against former President Trump after the jury was given several critical directions on how to determine the guilt or ...

Colorado's second-highest court last week upheld the recently reworded definition of "reasonable doubt" that appears in the ...

Judge Juan Merchan re-read a portion of his jury instructions in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial Thursday morning. Trump and some of his supporters have claimed that the ...

Post-Summation Instructions Introduction Members of the jury, I will now instruct you on the law. I will first review the general principles of law that apply to this case and all criminal cases.

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Judge Juan Merchan presented the jury with instructions Wednesday morning before they headed into deliberations for the rest of the day in former President Trump's New York criminal trial.

Twelve jurors in Trump's criminal case began deliberating yesterday. They are slated to re-hear at least a portion of the jury instructions from Judge Juan Merchan when proceedings begin Thursday ...

Some jury instructions are standard and have stood the test of time. These are found in the Criminal Jury Instructions (CJI) crafted by the state court system. Additional specialized or unique ...

This jury instruction in Trump's criminal trial got a lot of attention today—but crucial context didn't. Last week, when asked whether this was “ordinarily” the instruction for this statute ...

The criminal hush money trial against former ... the prosecution and defense sparred over what should be included in jury instructions, Merchan said he would ensure the instructions were clear ...