Puerto Rico Reasonable Doubt by Single Juror

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This Reasonable Doubt by Single Juror sample is an example of a jury instruction drafted by counsel and presented to the judge. The judge will then present and explain this Reasonable Doubt by Single Juor instruction to the jury. The jury will use this instruction in their deliberations, helping them to come to a decision on the guilt of the Defendant.

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Following the closing arguments, the judge ?charges the jury,? or informs them of the appropriate law and of what they must do to reach a verdict.

A reasonable doubt is a doubt based upon reason and common sense and is not based purely on speculation. It may arise from a careful and impartial consideration of all the evidence, or from lack of evidence.

(a) Except for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's personnel and officers, any person duly summoned by a court for jury duty shall have the right to accrue the compensation for daily appearance established in the regulations. This compensation shall not be available while the person summoned is enjoying a paid leave.

Federal jurors are paid $40.00 per day for their services; paying the difference between that amount and your employee's salary should not be overly burdensome. The Court will do everything in its power to ensure that employers observe their duty towards those employees selected to serve as jurors of this Court.

Law No. 281 of 2003 provides that every person who meets the requirements is obligated to serve as a juror.

Most district courts offer permanent excuses from service, on individual request, to designated groups of persons or occupational class on grounds that service by such class or group would entail undue hardship or extreme inconvenience to the members thereof.

The constitutional right to a jury trial is one of several constitutional rights recognized in Puerto Rico that seek to ensure that cases prosecuted against an individual in court are fair.

Russia has a civil law system that rarely uses juries for either criminal or civil trials. Indonesia has a civil law system that never uses juries. Few countries use religious law as a national legal system. It is most common in the Middle East, where countries look to the holy book of Islam, the Quran, for guidance.

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Puerto Rico Reasonable Doubt by Single Juror