{"id":598,"date":"2016-01-06T05:46:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T10:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/?p=598"},"modified":"2018-11-14T13:04:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T18:04:58","slug":"jury-instructions-massachusetts-oui-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/jury-instructions-massachusetts-oui-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Toward a Fair Jury Instructions for OUI Trials in Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The model jury instructions govern how\u00a0judges will instruct a jury when a motorist is charged with OUI. It is remarkable that absent from the model instruction is anything saying that is not illegal to consume alcohol and drive in the Commonwealth. When I have asked for that instruction to be added, many judges will comply while some will indicate that\u00a0the jury is told that at the start of the trial that is not illegal to consume alcohol and drive.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/jury-instructions-massachusetts-oui-trial\/#more-598\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The model jury instructions govern how\u00a0judges will instruct a jury when a motorist is charged with OUI. It is remarkable that absent from the model instruction is anything saying that is not illegal to consume alcohol and drive in the Commonwealth. When I have asked for that instruction to be added, many judges will comply [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dui-defenses"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Toward a Fair Jury Instructions for OUI Trials in Massachusetts &#8212; Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; January 6, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The model jury instructions govern how\u00a0judges will instruct a jury when a motorist is charged with OUI. 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