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Chair<\/h1>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/th>\nRole<\/th>\nRepresenting<\/th>\nOriginal Appointment<\/th>\nRenewed Appointment<\/th>\nExpiration<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Hon. Teresa Welch<\/b><\/td>\n(1)(B)(x)(a) Judge<\/td>\nThird District Court<\/td>\n9\/28\/21<\/td>\n2\/28\/23<\/td>\n02\/01\/26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Voting Members<\/h1>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/th>\nRole<\/th>\nRepresenting<\/th>\nOriginal Appointment<\/th>\nRenewed Appointment<\/th>\nExpiration<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Hon. Matthew Bates<\/b><\/td>\n(1)(B)(x)(a) Judge<\/td>\nThird District Court<\/td>\n04\/24\/23<\/td>\n<\/td>\n04\/24\/26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hon. Mark Flores<\/b><\/td>\n(1)(B)(x)(b) Judge<\/td>\nSouth Salt Lake Justice Court<\/td>\n01\/20\/26<\/td>\n<\/td>\n01\/19\/29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jay Jordan<\/b><\/td>\n(1)(B)(x)(e) Linguist<\/td>\nUniversity of Utah<\/td>\n11\/25\/24<\/td>\n<\/td>\n11\/24\/27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Janet Lawrence<\/b><\/td>\n(1)(B)(x)(d) Defense Counsel<\/td>\nSalt Lake Legal Defender Association<\/td>\n09\/01\/21<\/td>\n09\/01\/24<\/td>\n09\/01\/27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McKay Lewis<\/b><\/td>\n(1)(B)(x)(c) Prosecutor<\/td>\nUtah County District Attorney’s Office<\/td>\n11\/20\/23<\/td>\n<\/td>\n11\/01\/26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeffrey Mann<\/b><\/td>\n(1)(B)(x)(c) Prosecutor<\/td>\nUtah Attorney General<\/td>\n09\/01\/21<\/td>\n09\/01\/24<\/td>\n09\/01\/27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breanne Miller<\/b><\/td>\n(1)(B)(x)(c) Prosecutor<\/td>\nSalt Lake District Attorney’s Office<\/td>\n11\/25\/24<\/td>\n<\/td>\n11\/24\/27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nicolas Mills<\/b><\/td>\n(1)(B)(x)(c) Prosecutor<\/td>\nKaysville City<\/td>\n11\/20\/23<\/td>\n<\/td>\n11\/01\/26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lacey Singleton<\/b><\/td>\n(1)(B)(x)(d) Defense Counsel<\/td>\nSalt Lake Legal Defender Association<\/td>\n04\/28\/25<\/td>\n<\/td>\n04\/01\/28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shannon Woulfe<\/b><\/td>\n(1)(B)(x)(d) Defense Counsel<\/td>\nSalt Lake Legal Defender Association<\/td>\n04\/28\/25<\/td>\n<\/td>\n04\/01\/28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dallas Young<\/b><\/td>\n(1)(B)(x)(d) Defense Counsel<\/td>\nUtah County Public Defenders<\/td>\n12\/15\/25<\/td>\n<\/td>\n12\/14\/28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Non-Voting Members<\/h1>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/th>\nRole<\/th>\nPosition<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Hon. Linda Jones<\/b><\/td>\nEmeritus (1)(B)(xii)(a) Judge<\/td>\nThird District Court<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alex Jacobson<\/b><\/td>\nStaff<\/td>\nUtah’s Administrative Office of the Courts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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CJA Rule 1-205.Standing and Ad Hoc Committees.<\/span><\/h1>\n

(1)(B)(x) The Committee on Model Utah Criminal Jury Instructions shall consist of:<\/h2>\n
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  1. two district court judges;<\/li>\n
  2. one justice court judge;<\/li>\n
  3. four prosecutors;<\/li>\n
  4. four defense counsel;<\/li>\n
  5. one person skilled in linguistics or communication.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Chair Name Role Representing Original Appointment Renewed Appointment Expiration Hon. Teresa Welch (1)(B)(x)(a) Judge Third District Court 9\/28\/21 2\/28\/23 02\/01\/26 Voting Members Name Role Representing Original Appointment Renewed Appointment Expiration Hon. Matthew Bates (1)(B)(x)(a) Judge Third District Court 04\/24\/23 04\/24\/26 Hon. Mark Flores (1)(B)(x)(b) Judge South Salt Lake Justice Court 01\/20\/26 01\/19\/29 Jay Jordan (1)(B)(x)(e) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-435","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 08:40:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-criminal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-criminal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-criminal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-criminal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-criminal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-criminal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":712,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-criminal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/435\/revisions\/712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/muji-criminal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}