The July 2023 release of the Civil and Criminal jury instructions are now available at https://wilawlibrary.gov/jury
Civil jury instruction updates include the following instructions. Download release 55 to update your print sets.
- NEW 430 A party's presence not required at trial
- 1090 Driver on Arterial Approaching Intersection: Lookout; Right of Way; Flashing Yellow Signal
- 1153 Right of Way: At Intersection with Through Highway
- 1155 Right of Way: At Intersections of Highways
- 1157 Right of Way: At Intersection of Highways: Ultimate Verdict Question
- 1158 Right of Way: To Pedestrian Crossing at Controlled Intersection
- 1160 Right of Way: To Pedestrian at Intersections or Crosswalks on Divided Highways or Highways Provided with Safety Zones
- 1165 Right of Way: To Pedestrian at Uncontrolled Intersection or Crosswalk
- 1190 Right of Way: Green Signal
- 1191 Duty of Driver Entering Intersection with Green Light in Driver's Favor: Lookout
- 1192 Duty of Driver Approaching Intersection When Amber Light Shows
- 1195 Right of Way: Left Turn at Intersection
- 1225 Right of Way: Pedestrian's Duty: Crossing at Controlled Intersection or Crosswalk
- 1354 Turn or Movement: Ascertainment that Turn or Movement Can Be Made with Reasonable Safety: Lookout
- 3028 Contracts Implied in Law (Unjust Enrichment)
- 8060 Adverse Possession Not Founded on Written Instrument (Wis. Stat. § 893.25)
Criminal jury instruction updates include the following instructions. Download release 62 to update your print sets.
- NEW 791 Coercion: Trafficking: Defense for a victim of § 940.302(2) or 948.051 - § 939.46(1m)
- NEW 791 Example Coercion: Trafficking: Defense for a victim of § 940.302(2) or 948.051 - § 939.46(1m)
- 600 Introductory Comment: Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Disease or Defect: Instructions for the "Bifurcated" Trial and Reexamination
- 700 Law Note: Theory of Defense Instructions
- 800 Privilege: Self-Defense: Force Less Than That Likely to Cause Death or Great Bodily Harm
- 801 Privilege: Self-Defense: Force Less Than That Likely to Cause Death or Great Bodily Harm: Crimes Involving Recklessness or Negligence
- 805 Privilege: Self-Defense: Force Intended or Likely to Cause Death or Great Bodily Harm
- 805A Law Note: Self-defense under § 939.48(1m)
- 820 Privilege: Self-Defense: Injury to Third Party Charged as Reckless or Negligent Crime
- 821 Privilege: Self-Defense: Unintended Harm to Third Party Charged as Intentional Crime
- 950 Privilege: Discipline by a Person Responsible for the Welfare of a Child
- 1021 First Degree Reckless Homicide
- 2114A Example Repeated Acts of Physical Abuse of a Child
- 2666A Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of any Combination of an Intoxicant and any other Drug to a Degree that Renders Him or Her Incapable of Safely Driving
- SM-16 Collateral Attack on Prior Convictions
- SM-50 Competency to Proceed
Blank pages have been inserted to make double sided printing easier. File new and updated instructions, along with the updated statutory comparative table and index in your print set. Complete printable files of each instruction set and finding aids are also available for those who need to print a complete set. Download them at https://wilawlibrary.gov/jury
For information on the status of the Committee's work, please contact Bryce Pierson at bryce.pierson@wicourts.gov.