In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Instructions 7.8, 7.8(A), and 11.1 - 11.6(A)

Summary

The court authorized for publication and use one new criminal jury instruction and amendments to eight existing instructions concerning DUI and boating-under-the-influence manslaughter and sexual offenses. The court emphasized that authorization does not express an opinion on the instructions’ legal correctness and does not foreclose requests for alternative instructions or challenges to their applicability.