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Jury instructions are instructions for jury deliberation that are written by the judge and given to the jury. At trial, jury deliberation occurs after evidence is presented and closing arguments are made.
A party must persuade you, by the evidence presented in court, that what he or she is required to prove is more likely to be true than not true. This is referred to as the burden of proof.
A party who objects to an instruction or the failure to give an instruction must do so on the record, stating distinctly the matter objected to and the grounds for the objection.
In California, there are two main sets of civil jury instructions. One is an official plain-English set known as CACI (California Civil Jury Instructions). The other is BAJI (Book of Approved Jury Instructions). Either can be used.
Either before or after the closing arguments by the lawyers, the judge will explain the law that applies to the case to you. This is the judges instruction to the jury. You have to apply that law to the facts, as you have heard them, in arriving at your verdict.
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A good opening statement: * Explains what the attorney plans to prove and how they will do it. Presents the events of the case in a clear, orderly sequence. * Suggests a motive or emphasize a lack of motive for the crime. * Is not argumentative.
For jury instructions to be effective, they must be clear and simple. Sentences should be short; instruc- tions should contain no more than a few sentences, cover only one topic, and be directly related to the circumstances of the case (they should not be abstract statements of the law).
The full cite should be to Judicial Council of California Civil Jury Instructions (year). The short cite to particular instructions should be to CACI No. .

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