THE SHELLOW COLLECTION
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ALERT:  Carefully review the Caveats and Disclaimers before using these materials.

    The instructions in this collection were provided by James M. Shellow, a partner in the firm Shellow & Shellow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr. Shellow has been a successful criminal defense practitioner for over 40 years in both state and federal courts.  He is a former president of the National Association of Criminal Defense lawyers, president of the Board of Regents of the National College for Criminal Defense Lawyers, an elected member of the American Law Institute and formerly served on the 7th Circuit Federal Model Instruction Committee. He has lectured and published extensively in the field of criminal law.

    Many of the instructions have been given in actual state and federal trials as indicated by the case name and number. They have not been significantly edited or modified.

    The copyright to these instructions is held by Mr. Shellow.  The instructions are published by juryinstruction.com with Mr. Shellow’s permission and juryinstruction.com is the sole and exclusive grantee of all rights with regard to these instructions.

CAVEAT: No effort has been made to update the instructions and authorities since they were originally drafted some years earlier.  Nor has research been conducted to determine the accuracy of the instruction for use in different jurisdictions.

©  2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 by James M. Shellow. All rights reserved. Published by juryinstruction.com pursuant to an extensive license agreement.  Except as permitted under the Copyright Act of 1976, no part of these instructions may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a data base or retrieval system without the prior written permission of James M. Shellow. Selected pages may be copied incidental to the handling of specific cases as a part of the practice of law.