{"id":203,"date":"2021-02-10T11:48:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T18:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/?p=203"},"modified":"2021-02-10T11:48:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T18:48:01","slug":"civil-jury-instructions-general-instructions-comment-period-expires-march-27-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/2021\/02\/10\/civil-jury-instructions-general-instructions-comment-period-expires-march-27-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Jury Instructions – General Instructions – Comment period expires March 27, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following proposed Model Utah Civil General Jury Instructions have been published.<\/p>\n

CV101<\/b>\u00a0– General admonitions.<\/a>
\nCV101A<\/b>\u00a0– General admonitions. [self-represented litigant version]<\/a>
\nCV101B<\/b>\u00a0– Further admonition about electronic devices.<\/a>
\nCV102<\/b>\u00a0– Role of the judge, jury and lawyers.<\/a>
\nCV102A<\/b>\u00a0– Role of the judge, jury, parties, lawyers. [self-represented litigant version]<\/a>
\nCV103<\/b>\u00a0– Nature of the case.<\/a>
\nCV104<\/b>\u00a0– Order of trial.<\/a>
\nCV105<\/b>\u00a0– Sequence of instructions not significant.<\/a>
\nCV106<\/b>\u00a0– Jurors must follow the instructions.<\/a>
\nCV107<\/b>\u00a0– Jurors may not decide based on sympathy, passion, and prejudice.<\/a>
\nCV108<\/b>\u00a0– Note-taking.<\/a>
\nCV109<\/b>\u00a0– Juror questions for witnesses. [Optional for judges who permit questions]<\/a>
\nCV110<\/b>\u00a0– Rules applicable to recesses.<\/a>
\nCV111A<\/b>\u00a0– Definition of \u201cperson.\u201d<\/a>
\nCV111B<\/b>\u00a0– All persons equal before the law.<\/a>
\nCV112<\/b>\u00a0– Multiple parties.<\/a>
\nCV113<\/b>\u00a0– Multiple plaintiffs.<\/a>
\nCV114<\/b>\u00a0– Multiple defendants.<\/a>
\nCV115<\/b>\u00a0– Settling parties.<\/a>
\nCV116<\/b>\u00a0– Discontinuance as to some defendants.<\/a>
\nCV117<\/b>\u00a0– Preponderance of the evidence.<\/a>
\nCV118<\/b>\u00a0– Clear and convincing evidence.<\/a>
\nCV119<\/b>\u00a0– Evidence.<\/a>
\nCV119A<\/b>\u00a0– Evidence. [self-represented litigant version]<\/a>
\nCV120<\/b>\u00a0– Direct and circumstantial evidence.<\/a>
\nCV121<\/b>\u00a0– Believability of witnesses.<\/a>
\nCV122<\/b>\u00a0– Inconsistent statements.<\/a>
\nCV123<\/b>\u00a0– Effect of willfully false testimony.<\/a>
\nCV124<\/b>\u00a0– Stipulated facts.<\/a>
\nCV125<\/b>\u00a0– Judicial notice.<\/a>
\nCV126<\/b>\u00a0– Depositions.<\/a>
\nCV127<\/b>\u00a0– Limited purpose evidence.<\/a>
\nCV128<\/b>\u00a0– Objections and rulings on evidence and procedure.<\/a>
\nCV128A<\/b>\u00a0– Objections and rulings on evidence and procedure. [Self-represented litigant version.]<\/a>
\nCV129<\/b>\u00a0– Statement of opinion.<\/a>
\nCV130A<\/b>\u00a0– Charts and summaries as evidence.<\/a>
\nCV130B<\/b>\u00a0– Charts and summaries of evidence.<\/a>
\nCV131<\/b>\u00a0– Spoliation.<\/a>
\nCV132<\/b>\u00a0– Out-of-state or out-of-town experts.<\/a>
\nCV133<\/b>\u00a0– Conflicting testimony of experts.<\/a>
\nCV134<\/b>\u00a0– No record of testimony.<\/a>
\nCV151<\/b>\u00a0– Closing roadmap<\/a>
\nCV152<\/b>\u00a0– Closing arguments<\/a>
\nCV153<\/b>\u00a0– Legal rulings<\/a>
\nCV155<\/b>\u00a0– Foreperson selection and duties and jury deliberations<\/a>
\nCV156<\/b>\u00a0– Do not resort to chance<\/a>
\nCV157<\/b>\u00a0– Agreement on special verdict<\/a>
\nCV158<\/b>\u00a0– Discussing the case after trial<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to view the marked up version of the general civil jury instructions.<\/p>\n

Please reference the instruction(s) in your comments. Although the comment period runs through March 27, 2021, 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.<\/p>\n

The Judicial Council also encourages judges and practitioners to continuously share their\u00a0experiences using any of the published instructions with the Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee.<\/p>\n

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The following proposed Model Utah Civil General Jury Instructions have been published. CV101\u00a0– General admonitions. CV101A\u00a0– General admonitions. [self-represented litigant version] CV101B\u00a0– Further admonition about electronic devices. CV102\u00a0– Role of the judge, jury and lawyers. CV102A\u00a0– Role of the judge, jury, parties, lawyers. [self-represented litigant version] CV103\u00a0– Nature of the case. CV104\u00a0– Order of trial. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil","category-general-instructions"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 16:46:16","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\/203","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}