In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2019-06

Summary

The court authorized amended standard criminal jury instructions for a firearm-serial-number offense and seven RICO offenses, approving them for publication and use when the opinion became final. The amendments add or revise mens rea, possession, enterprise, timing, offense-title, and renunciation language. The court expressly stated that authorization does not resolve the instructions’ legal correctness or prevent parties from seeking alternative instructions or challenging them.