I received a summons to lay aside all of my cherished daily rituals and assemble at the Fayette County Courthouse for the ...

The bulk of the day was devoted to arguing over jury instruction. Ultimately, the jury will have to decide whether the more than a dozen defendants conspired to come to Charlottesville and commit ...

Then, Judge Mims read the jury instructions for how they should take into consideration all of the evidence and witness testimony to apply that to the law. During her instructions, she told the ...

On Tuesday, a three-judge appellate court found the judge erred in his instructions to the jury, whom he allowed to consider aggravated or reckless manslaughter offenses, but not passion ...

The trial of Kristopher Michael Harasymczuk, accused of killing his 4-year-old stepson, paused today as attorneys finalized jury instructions ... clarifying the wording in the citation and charges ...

The jury asked for more copies of wiretap transcripts and for stipulations that have been made in the case. Jurors also asked about part of their instructions which says, "bona fide salary ...

Generally, the instructions provided to the jury do not include legal citations. However, the instructions submitted to the judge for consideration must cite the legal support for the proposed ...

NEW ORLEANS — Should jurors in Kayla Giles’ murder trial have received instructions about the full scope of Louisiana’s Stand Your Ground law? Attorneys for both sides were quizzed on that ...

Wiley gave the jury an Allen charge, which refers to the jury instructions given to a hung jury that encourages them to continue deliberating despite the deadlock. He is giving the lawyers time to ...

Closing arguments had been expected in the case but did not take place as U.S. District Judge Mark Norris spent hours in chambers working to finalize the lengthy, complicated instructions that ...