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 August 14, 2009, the Judicial Council approved the most recent set of revisions.

Resources

Table of Contents (PDF, 245 KB)
A table of contents of the 24 categories of instructions.

Complete Text of the 2009-2010 Criminal Jury Instructions (PDF, 7.3 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.

CALCRIM text last updated December 11, 2008.

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