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This document is a page of introductory jury instructions from a court case (1:20-cr-00330-PAE), filed on December 17, 2021. The judge explicitly outlines the jury's duty to accept the law exactly as the court presents it, setting aside personal opinions or conflicting legal arguments from attorneys. The jury is instructed to consider all instructions together and is permitted to take a copy of them into the jury room for deliberation.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| The Judge | Court |
The speaker ("I", "My") providing instructions to the jury.
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| The Jury | Jury |
The recipients ("you") of the instructions from the court.
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| lawyers for the parties | Lawyer |
Mentioned as having presented final arguments in the case.
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| attorney | Attorney |
Mentioned hypothetically as someone who might have stated a legal principle different from the court's instructions.
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Organizations (1)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| The Court | Government Agency |
The entity responsible for instructing the jury on the law, as described in "Instruction No. 1: Role of the Court".
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Locations (1)
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The location where the jury will deliberate after receiving instructions.
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Relationships (2)
The document establishes the authoritative relationship where the Judge provides binding legal instructions that the Jury has a sworn duty to follow.
The document establishes the Judge's authority over the lawyers' legal arguments, stating that the Judge's instructions on the law must be followed even if they contradict what an attorney has said.
Key Quotes (3)
"My duty at this point is to instruct you as to the law. It is your duty to accept these instructions of law and apply them to the facts as you determine them."Source
— The Judge
(Defining the separate roles and duties of the court and the jury.)
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"On these legal matters, you must take the law as I give it to you."Source
— The Judge
(A direct command to the jury regarding their obligation to follow the court's legal guidance.)
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"If an attorney or anyone else at trial has stated a legal principle different from any that I state to you in my instructions, it is my instructions that you must follow."Source
— The Judge
(Clarifying that the court's instructions on the law supersede any other legal arguments presented during the trial.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 562 Filed 12/17/21 Page 6 of 82
1 INTRODUCTORY INSTRUCTIONS
2 Instruction No. 1: Role of the Court
3 You have now heard all of the evidence in the case, as well as the final arguments of the
4 lawyers for the parties. My duty at this point is to instruct you as to the law. It is your duty to
5 accept these instructions of law and apply them to the facts as you determine them.
6 On these legal matters, you must take the law as I give it to you. Regardless of any
7 opinion that you may have as to what the law may be—or ought to be—it would violate your
8 sworn duty to base a verdict upon any other view of the law than that which I give you. If an
9 attorney or anyone else at trial has stated a legal principle different from any that I state to you in
10 my instructions, it is my instructions that you must follow.
11 You should not single out any instruction alone stating the law, but you should consider
12 my instructions as a whole when you retire to deliberate in the jury room. You may take a copy
13 of these instructions with you into the jury room.
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