Criminal Jury Instructions Resource Center

The Judicial Council adopted the new CALCRIM instructions on August 26, 2005 to be effective January 1, 2006. On the same date the Judicial Council withdrew its endorsement of CALJIC by repealing Judicial Administration Standard 5.

On April 25, 2008, the Judicial Council approved the most recent set of revisions.

Resources

Table of Contents (PDF, 344 KB)
A table of contents of the 24 categories of instructions.

Complete Text of the 2008 Criminal Jury Instructions (PDF, 7.7 MB)
Use of these instructions is subject to Rule 2.1050(e) of the California Rules of Court.

User's Guide (PDF, 20 KB)
A guide on how to use the new Judicial Council criminal jury instructions.

Rules of Court
Text of 2.1050 and 2.1055 (amended effective August 26, 2005), and 10.59 (adopted effective July 1, 2005) regarding the approval, use and format of the new Judicial Council criminal jury instructions.

Contact Information

• E-mail questions or suggestions about the new instructions to the Advisory Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions at criminaljuryinstructions@jud.ca.gov.
• For information on jury instructions publications and products, contact LexisNexis at 800-424-0651, ext. 3405, or by e-mail at caljuryinstructions@lexisnexis.com.

This page will be updated as more information about the instructions becomes available.

CALCRIM text last updated April 30, 2008.

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