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The judge will advise the jury that it is the sole judge of the facts and of the credibility (believability) of witnesses. He or she will note that the jurors are to base their conclusions on the evidence as presented in the trial, and that the opening and closing arguments of the lawyers are not evidence.

Criminal trials require twelve jurors with a minimum of one alternate. All juries are drawn on the first day you report. If you are not selected, your jury service will be over that day. If selected, a juror serves an average of three to five days during a term of court.

As a result of the court proceeding, the court will issue ?Letters Testamentary? or ?Letters of Administration? (if no will). These ?Letters? allow the personal representative to find, secure and manage assets during the probate process.

The court may not impose a sentence of death unless each juror individually finds the defendant should be sentenced to death. Even when death is a possible sentence, each juror must decide based on his or her own moral assessment whether life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, or death, should be imposed.

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The defendant's presence may be considered by the jury along with other evidence in the case. Such a "mere presence" instruction is unnecessary if the government's case is not solely based on the defendant's presence and the jury has been instructed on the elements of the crime.

Jury instructions are instructions for jury deliberation that are written by the judge and given to the jury. At trial, jury deliberation occurs after evidence is presented and closing arguments are made.

Not later than at the close of the evidence, the parties shall file written requests that the court instruct the jury on the law set forth in such requests. The court shall then require counsel to appear before it to settle the instructions to be given.

Florida Standard Jury Instruction 3.6(k) provides as follows: An issue in this case is whether the defendant acted out of necessity in committing the crime of ( crime charged). It is a defense to ( crime charged) if the defendant acted out of necessity.