You may use reason and common sense to draw deductions or conclusions from facts which have been established by the evidence. You will then apply those facts to the law which I give you in these and in my other instructions, and in that way reach your verdict. Do not allow sympathy or prejudice to influence you. The law demands of you a just verdict, unaffected by anything except the evidence, your common sense, and the law as I give it to you. Committee Comments See Introductory Comment, Section 1.00, supra .
Statutory citations are unnecessary.
Depending on the length and complexity of the indictment and the individual practices of each district judge, the indictment may be read, summarized by the court, summarized by the prosecutor or not read or summarized depending on what is necessary to assist the jury in understanding the issues before it. A brief summary of the defense may be included here if requested by defendant.