Alabama Grand Jury Instruction

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This form is a sample jury instruction wherein the court instructs the jury that the Grand Jury's indictment is not evidence of guilt but merely an accusation, and that defendant is presumed innocent. You must ascertain whether this sample instruction complies with the law in your jurisdiction.

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The circumstantial evidence jury instruction tells the jury that in order to convict a defendant based on circumstantial evidence, the jury must not only find that the circumstantial evidence is consistent with defendant's guilt, but also that the evidence is not reasonably consistent with innocence.

Many federal circuits have pattern jury instructions formulated by committees of judges and practitioners and approved by the circuit for use in criminal cases.

Essentially, the grand jury may disclose matters occurring before it only to the attorneys for the government for use in the performance of their duties, but even attorneys for the government may not be informed of what took place during the grand jury's deliberations and voting.

Alabama Pattern Jury Instruction 11.36 In the event a vehicle is classified as a total loss, the owner may collect ?the amount of money that compensates the owner for its loss of use during the period of time reasonably necessary to get a replacement vehicle.? Alabama Pattern Jury Instruction 11.38.

Jury instructions are instructions given by the judge to a jury at the end of the presentation of evidence to explain to the jury what the applicable laws are. While juries are triers of fact, meaning that they decide what happened, the judge must explain to the jury which laws apply.

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.

The purpose of the Grand Jury is to hear testimony from witnesses and review the State's evidence to determine if there is probable cause to issue an indictment against a suspect. In Alabama, an indictment must be returned by a Grand Jury before any felony case can go to trial.

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Alabama Grand Jury Instruction