FORECITE National™
Instructions And Issues Omitted By The Pattern Instructions

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Article # A-1 Instruction on Lesser Included Offenses Over Defense Objection; Instruction on Bias of Police Witness Due to Potential Receipt of Forfeiture Proceeds; Pinpoint Instruction Strategies
Article # A-2 Adventures in the Wonderland of Specific Intent 
Article # A-3 GUITON ALERT:  Trial And Appellate Strategies Now That Defendant Has Burden To Show Prejudice From A Factually Insufficient Theory
Article # A-4 COLANTUONO 
Article # A-5 Proposed Instructions Regarding DUI Presumptions Set Forth In VC § 23155(a) 
Article # A-6 CALJIC 2.90 (1994 REVISION) SHOULD DEFINE THE TERM "ABIDING CONVICTION" TO AVOID CONFUSION WITH THE CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE STANDARD
Article # A-7 Jurors Must Unanimously Reject Any Defenses Before Convicting
Article # A-41 Shackling Or Physical Restraint Of Defense Witness: Issues And Instructions
Article # A-42 Witness Receiving Personal Inducements From Prosecution: Cautionary Instructions
Article # A-43 Propriety Of Permitting Jurors To Submit Questions For Witnesses; Instructional Safeguards To Consider If Juror-Authored Questions Are Allowed
Article # A-44 The Prosecution’s Burden Of Proof Is Not Satisfied By Equally Conflicting Inferences That Are In A State Of Equipoise
Article # A-45 Comparison Of Standards: A Strategy For Explaining Proof Beyond A Reasonable Doubt
Article # A-46 Third Party Guilt: The Crucial Role Of Defense Theory Instructions
Article # A-47 The Second Amendment And Firearm Liability Under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3): Defining An "Unlawful User" Of Drugs
Article # A-48 Partial Verdicts: Issues and Instructions
Article # A-49 Affirmative Defenses: Avoiding The "All-Or-Nothing" Trap
Article # A-50 Agard Agony
Article # A-51 Witness Credibility And The Presumption Of Innocence: Challenging Standard Pattern Instructions Which Define The Trial In Terms Of "Seeking The Truth"
Article # A-76 "Postconviction DNA Testing: Recommendations for Handling Requests A Report From The National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence," (September 1999), U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice
Article # A-78 Re: 256.7.3.17 Post Partum Disorders
Article # A-81a Re: 1.2.1 Instruction Preparation Helps With Pre-Trial Strategy And Investigation
Article # A-81b Re: 1.2.2 Instruction Preparation Helps With Plea Bargaining
Article # A-81c Re: 1.2.6 Instruction Preparation Helps With The Opening Statement
Article # A-81d Re: 1.2.7 Instruction Preparation Helps With Argument Or Summation To The Jury
Article # A-81e Re: 1.3.4 Pattern Instructions May Lull Judges And Lawyers Into Complacency
Article # A-81f Re: 1.4.2 Review The Pattern Instructions Critically And Skeptically
Article # A-81g Re: 1.4.5 Seek Preliminary Instructions
Article # A-81h Re: 1.4.6 Model Proposed Instructions On Published Opinions
Article # A-81i Re: 1.4.7 Avoid Argumentative Instructions
Article # A-81j Re: 1.4.8 Relate The Law To The Facts
Article # A-81k Re: 1.4.9 Compare Alternatives And Explain Differences
Article # A-81l Re: 1.4.10 Keep Instructions Simple And Short
Article # A-81m Re: 272.5.5 Circumstances Where Cautionary And Limiting Instructions May Be Effective
Article # A-89 Re: 1.4.14 Strategies For Persuading The Trial Judge To Modify Or Supplement The Pattern Instructions
Article # A-91a Re: 251.11.1 Reverse 404(b): Defense Theory That Defendant Didn't Commit Uncharged Similar Crime
Article # A-91b Re: 251.11.2 Reverse 404(b): Uncharged Acts In Support Of Third Party Guilt Defense Theory
Article # A-92a Re: 1.3.10 Limitation Of Pattern Instructions: Article
Article # A-93 Re: 1.4.15 Jury Instruction Strategies: Article
Article # A-97 Re: FORECITE National™ 29.3.1 Challenging Prosecution Forensic Evidence