THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL JURY INSTRUCTION COMPENDIUM
Instructions And Issues Omitted By The Pattern Instructions

CHAPTER 300 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Chapter 300: Substantive Federal Constitutional Claims Relevant To Jury Instruction

300.1 Due Process: Miscellaneous Claims
300.2 Due Process: Notice
300.3 Due Process: Arbitrary State Action
300.4 Failure Of Instructions To Assure Proper Jury Determination Of An Element Of The Charged Offense (Due Process/Trial By Jury)
300.5 Misinstruction On Burden Of Proof (Due Process/Trial By Jury)
300.6 Inadequate Instruction On Defense Or Defense Theory
300.7 Failure To Instruct On Lesser Included Offenses In Noncapital Case
300.8 Failure To Instruct On Lesser Included Offense In Capital Case
300.9 Juror Unanimity (Duplicity)
300.10 Trial By Jury
300.11 Jury Consideration Of Irrelevant Evidence
300.12 Instructions Must Be Balanced
300.13 Vagueness And Overbreadth
300.14 Ex Post Facto, Due Process, Notice, Abatement And Retroactivity
300.15 Constitutional Claims: Presence Of Defendant At Trial
300.16 First Amendment
300.17 Equal Protection
300.18 Freedom From Cruel And Unusual Punishment (8th Amendment)
300.19 Summation/Closing Argument
300.20 Misconduct Of Cocounsel
300.21 Apprendi v. New Jersey
300.22 Jury Determinations Of Factual Component Of Mixed Questions Of Law And Fact
300.23 Privilege Against Self Incrimination (5th Amendment)
300.24 Right To Presence Of Trial Judge
300.25 Right To Public Trial
300.26 Confrontation Or Cross-Examination
300.27 Effective Assistance Of Counsel
            300.27.1 Effective Assistance Of Counsel: Trial
            300.27.2 Effective Assistance Of Counsel: Appeal
            300.27.3 Effective Assistance Of Counsel: Habeas Corpus
            300.27.4 Conflict of Interest Between Counsel And Defendant
300.28 Severance Of Codefendants
300.29 Reliability Of Trial And Verdict
300.30 Defendant's Right To Testify
300.31 Jury Misconduct
300.32 Constitutional Claims: Jury Consideration Of All Evidence
300.33 Right To Challenge Jurors During Jury Selection
300.34 Denial Of Continuance As Violation Of Federal Constitution
300.35 Impartial Judge