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The commissioner of jurors may bring a noncompliance proceeding against a person who fails to respond to the juror qualification questionnaire or summons to appear for jury service by serving upon such person, either personally or by first-class mail, a notice of noncompliance in a form prescribed by the Chief
The judge instructs the jury that if they believe King and Steve took part in the crime, they must return a verdict of guilty of felony murder. The judges words are repeated as the camera fades back to Steves cell. King is in the cell with him.
In any trial the judge is the ultimate decision maker and has the power to overturn a jury verdict if there is insufficient evidence to support that verdict or if the decision granted inadequate compensatory damages.
What are the judges instructions to the jury? He tells them they must decide the guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. All twelve must vote guilty or not guilty; otherwise there will be no verdict, and it will be a hung jury.
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.
At the end of a trial, but before the jurors deliberate, the judge reads them jury instructions. The instructions explain the laws that apply to the case.
Jury instructions are the only guidance the jury should receive when deliberating and are meant to keep the jury on track regarding the basic procedure of the deliberation and the substance of the law on which their decision is based.
The judge will instruct the jury in each separate case as to the law of that case. For example, in each criminal case, the judge will tell the jury, among other things, that a defendant charged with a crime is presumed to be innocent and the burden of proving his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt is upon the Government.