The Utah Judicial Council invites comments to the following model criminal jury instructions. The comment period expires Sunday, July 19, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. Although these instructions are subject to a comment period, they have been approved by the Committee on Model Utah Criminal Jury Instructions and are now ready for use. The instructions and special verdict forms have been posted to the MUJI website (final link at the bottom of this post). The Committee on Model Utah Criminal Jury Instructions will consider all comments made during the comment period and may revise the instructions as appropriate. The Judicial Council also encourages judges and practitioners to continuously share their experiences using any of the published instructions with the Committee on Model Utah Criminal Jury Instructions, even after the comment period closes.<\/p>\n
REMOVED INSTRUCTIONS:<\/strong> REVISED INSTRUCTIONS \/ COMMITTEE NOTES \/ REFERENCES:<\/strong> NEW INSTRUCTIONS:<\/strong> NEW SPECIAL VERDICT FORMS:<\/strong> REVISED SPECIAL VERDICT FORMS:<\/strong> To view these jury instructions and submit comments, click on this link http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/2019\/08\/07\/criminal_20200603\/, then click on the relevant link(s) in the post.<\/p>\n You can comment by entering your comment in the box and clicking \u201cPost Comment.\u201d Please include the instruction number at the beginning of the comment, and your name at the end of the comment. You may view other comments simply by scrolling down. The comment website is public. Although all comments will be considered, they will not be acknowledged with a response.<\/p>\n Visit https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/.<\/p>\n Visit http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/committees\/muji-criminal\/ and https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/resources\/muji\/index.asp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Utah Judicial Council invites comments to the following model criminal jury instructions. The comment period expires Sunday, July 19, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. Although these instructions are subject to a comment period, they have been approved by the Committee on Model Utah Criminal Jury Instructions and are now ready for use. The instructions and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 03:19:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCR309A Accomplice Liability.<\/a> (replaced by CR403A and CR403B)
\nCR309B Accomplice Liability.<\/a> (replaced by CR403A and CR403B)
\nCR403 Party Liability.<\/a> (replaced by CR403A and CR403B)<\/p>\n
\nCR109B Further Admonition About Electronic Devices.<\/a> (revised language regarding post-trial investigations)
\nCR216 Jury Deliberations.<\/a> (added additional citations to \u201cReferences\u201d)
\nCR411 404(b) Instruction.<\/a> (revised in light of State v. Lane, 2019 UT App 86)
\nCR1003 Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Drugs, or Combination (MB)<\/a> (as a result of HB0139-2020)
\nCR1004 Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Drugs, or Combination (MA)<\/a> (as a result of HB0139-2020)
\nCR1005 Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Drugs, or Combination (F3)<\/a> (as a result of HB0139-2020)
\nCR1404 Aggravated Murder Elements When Extreme Emotional Distress is at Issue.<\/a> (substituted \u201c[VICTIM\u2019S NAME]\u201d for \u201cthe victim\u201d)
\nCR1601 Definitions.<\/a> (added new committee note)
\nCR1607 Object Rape.<\/a> (revised elements in light of State v. Heath, 2019 UT App 186 and removed a committee note)
\nCR1613 Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child.<\/a> (added new committee note)
\nCR1615 Consent.<\/a> (added and revised language in light of HB0213-2020; substituted \u201c[VICTIM\u2019S NAME][MINOR\u2019S INITIALS]\u201d for \u201cthe victim\u201d in two instances)
\nCR1616A Conduct Sufficient to Constitute Sexual Intercourse for Unlawful Sexual Activity with a Minor, Unlawful Sexual Conduct with a 16 or 17 year old, or Rape.<\/a> (revised instruction and added additional case law references)<\/p>\n
\nCR403A Party Liability \u2013 Elements.<\/a> (replaces CR309A, CR309B, and CR403)
\nCR403B Party Liability \u2013 Definition.<\/a> (replaces CR309A, CR309B, and CR403)
\nCR510 Defense of Habitation, Self or Others, Property \u2013 Reasonableness.<\/a>
\nCR520 Definition of Habitation.<\/a>
\nCR521 Defense of Habitation.<\/a>
\nCR522 Defense of Habitation \u2013 Presumption.<\/a>
\nCR523 Defense of Habitation \u2013 Prosecutor\u2019s Burden.<\/a>
\nCR530 Defense of Self or Other.<\/a>
\nCR531 Defense of Self or Other \u2013 Imminence.<\/a>
\nCR532 Defense of Self or Other \u2013 Prosecution\u2019s Burden.<\/a>
\nCR533 Defense of Self or Other \u2013 No Duty to Retreat.<\/a>
\nCR540 Use of Force in Defense of Property.<\/a>
\nCR1001 Preamble to Driving Under the Influence Instructions.<\/a>
\nCR1003 Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Drugs, or Combination (MB)<\/a>
\nCR1004 Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Drugs, or Combination (MA)<\/a>
\nCR1005 Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Drugs, or Combination (F3)<\/a>
\nCR1301 Definitions for Assault and Related Offenses.<\/a>
\nCR1302 Misdemeanor Assaults.<\/a>
\nCR1303 Assault Against School Employees.<\/a>
\nCR1304 Assault Against a Peace Officer<\/a>
\nCR1305 Assault Against a Military Servicemember in Uniform.<\/a>
\nCR1306 Assault by a Prisoner.<\/a>
\nCR1320 Aggravated Assault.<\/a>
\nCR1321 Aggravated Assault by a Prisoner.<\/a>
\nCR1322 Aggravated Assault \u2013 Targeting Law Enforcement Officer.<\/a>
\nCR1330 Domestic Violence \u2013 Special Verdict Definitions.<\/a>
\nCR1331 Domestic Violence \u2013 Special Verdict Instructions.<\/a>
\nCR1411 Murder.<\/a>
\nCR1450 Practitioner\u2019s Note: Explanation Concerning Imperfect Self-Defense.<\/a>
\nCR1451 Explanation of Perfect and Imperfect Self-Defense as Defenses.<\/a>
\nCR1452 Special Verdict Form \u2013 Imperfect Self-Defense.<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSVF1001 Driving Under the Influence Offenses.<\/a>
\nSVF1301 Assault Offenses.<\/a>
\nSVF1331 DV \u2013 Cohabitant.<\/a>
\nSVF1450 Imperfect Self-Defense.<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSVF1001 Driving Under the Influence Offenses.<\/a> (revised as a result of HB0139-2020)
\nSVF1613 Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child.<\/a> (added new committee note)<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
How to view the text of these Model Utah Criminal Jury Instructions<\/h3>\n
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How to submit comments<\/h3>\n
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How to view Model Utah Jury Instructions (both civil and criminal) published for comment<\/h3>\n
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How to view the work of the Committee on Model Criminal Jury Instructions<\/h3>\n