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Civil Jury Instructions – General Admonitions, Implied Contracts – Comment period expires October 30, 2026

The following instructions and/or associated Committee Notes have been created or amended:

CV101 General admonitions (amend).

CV101A General admonitions (amend). [self-represented litigant version]

CV2142 Contract implied in fact (new).

CV2143 Damages under contract implied in fact (new).

CV2144 Unjust enrichment/contract implied in law (new).

CV2145 Damages for unjust enrichment (new).

CV2221 Implied contract or unjust enrichment (amend).

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although the instructions are subject to a comment period, the instructions are ready for use. The Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate. To view all MUJI Civil instructions please visit the MUJI website – here.

The Judicial Council also encourages judges and practitioners to continuously share their experiences using any of the published instructions with the Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee. To view the Committee’s work please visit the MUJI Civil Committee website – here.

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Criminal Jury Instructions – Comment Period Closes Oct. 31st, 2025

The following instruction has been amended or created. The Committee requests feedback on the proposed instruction:

SVF 1450 – Imperfect Self-Defense

CR1012 – Interlock Restricted Driver Violation

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although these instructions are subject to a comment period, they are now ready for use. The Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate.

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Criminal Jury Instructions – Comment Period Closes May 5th, 2025

The following instruction has been amended or created. The Committee requests feedback on the proposed instruction:

CR1002: Actual Physical Control

CR1016: Drinking Alcoholic Beverage While Operating a Motor Vehicle

CR1017: Open Container Instruction

CR1017A: Definition of Passenger Compartment

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although these instructions are subject to a comment period, they are now ready for use. The Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate.

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Criminal Jury Instructions – Comment Period Closes March 20th, 2025

The following instruction has been amended or created. The Committee requests feedback on the proposed instruction:

CR1002 – Actual Physical Control

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although these instructions are subject to a comment period, they are now ready for use. The Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate.

 

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Criminal Instructions – Comment Period Closes January 31st, 2025

The following instructions have been amended or created. The Committee requests public feedback on the proposed instructions:

CR1006 – Automobile Homicide

CR1009 – Negligently Operating a Vehicle Resulting in Injury

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although these instructions are subject to a comment period, they are now ready for use. The Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate.

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Civil Jury Instructions – Avoiding Bias, Easements, Present Cash Value – Comment period expires January 24, 2025

The following instructions and/or associated Committee Notes have been updated and published:

CV107A Avoiding Bias.

CV920 “Easement” Defined.

CV922 Prescriptive Easement. Elements of a claim.

CV923 Prescriptive Easement. “Continuous” Defined.

CV2021 Present cash value.

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although the comment period runs through January 24, 2025, the instructions are ready for use. The Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate. To view all MUJI Civil instructions please visit the MUJI website – here.

The Judicial Council also encourages judges and practitioners to continuously share their experiences using any of the published instructions with the Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee. To view the Committee’s work please visit the MUJI Civil Committee website – here.

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Criminal Instructions – Comment Period Closes December 15th, 2024

The following instructions have been amended or created. The Committee requests public feedback on the proposed instructions:

CR1006 – Automobile Homicide

CR1009 – Negligently Operating a Vehicle Resulting in Injury 

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although these instructions are subject to a comment period, they are now ready for use. The Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate.

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Criminal Instructions – Comment Period Closes September 20th, 2024

The following instructions have been amended or created. The Committee requests public feedback on the proposed instructions:

CR430 – Jury Unanimity – Single Offense in More than One Way

CR432 – Jury Unanimity – Evidence of More Occurrences than Charges 

CR1008 – Driving With any Measurable Controlled Substance in the Body

CR1101 – Failure to Respond to an Officer’s Signal to Stop (Class A Misdemeanor)

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although these instructions are subject to a comment period, they are now ready for use. The Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate.

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Criminal Instructions – Comment Period Closes March 31st, 2024

The following instructions have been amended or created. The Committee requests public feedback on the proposed instructions:

CR1102 – Failure to Respond to an Officer’s Signal to Stop (3rd Degree Felony)

CR1103 – Failure to Respond to an Officer’s Signal to Stop (2nd Degree Felony)

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although these instructions are subject to a comment period, they are now ready for use. The Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate.

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Civil Jury Instructions – Remote Testimony; Present Cash Value – Comment period expires Dec. 26, 2023

The Committee Notes to the following Model Utah Civil Jury Instruction addressing Present Cash Value have been updated and published.

CV2021 – Present Cash Value

The following Model Utah Civil Jury Instruction addressing Remote Testimony has been drafted and published.

CV132A – Remote Testimony

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although the comment period runs through December 26, 2023, the instructions are ready for use. The Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate. To view all MUJI Civil instructions please visit the MUJI website – here.

The Judicial Council also encourages judges and practitioners to continuously share their experiences using any of the published instructions with the Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee. To view the Committee’s work please visit the MUJI Civil Committee website – here.

 

 

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