trialdex jury instructions

Tenth Circuit posts its 2025 pattern criminal instructions

The Tenth Circuit has posted a set of pattern jury instructions dated February 7, 2025. I could only find a couple of changes:

  • The third paragraph of Instruction 1.10 (IMPEACHMENT BY PRIOR INCONSISTENCIES) now clarifies that the instruction should not be given if the statement is admissible as substantive evidence.

  • 1.28.1 (IMPERFECT SELF-DEFENSE OR IMPERFECT DEFENSE OF ANOTHER) is new.

If you had the Tenth Circuit instructions bookmarked, you should change that bookmark to the new URL.