Jury Instructions Research Guide: Wisconsin Jury Instructions, Criminal

Volume 9 of the Wisconsin Practice Series covers criminal practice in Wisconsin

This title is part of the Wisconsin Practice Series. Chapter 35 in Volume 11 of the treatise discusses jury instructions.

Four-volume set. Copies of the current edition of the Criminal Jury Instructions are available in the Ready Reference and Reserve sections of the Law Library. The current edition is also available on a CD in the Reserve section of the Law Library. The archives hold the instructions for 1962-76 as well as replaced pages for 1997 - .
The criminal set includes an index, table of contents and comparative table of statute and instruction numbers.
The Criminal Jury Instructions can be accessed and searched using Fastcase.

Vol. 4A, Evidence and Jury Trials, of the ten-volume treatise includes a section on Instructions to Jury, §§ 33:85-33:198.

Wis. Stat. §972.01 provides that giving jury instructions shall be the same in criminal as in civil actions.