Judicial Council of California Criminal Jury Instructions (CALCRIM)

Use what is considered the bible to the Judges of the California Courts by employing what they use: the Judicial Council of California Criminal Jury Instructions (CALCRIM), from the official publisher LexisNexis Matthew Bender. Under California Rules of Court, Rule 2.1050(e), use of the Judicial Council instructions is strongly encouraged. The latest edition of CALCRIM, as approved by the CA Judicial Council, contains all new and amended instructions applicable to each and every case that the trial judge determines what the jury should be instructed on the subject.

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The latest Release 19 (2024 edition) of Judicial Council of California Criminal Jury Instructions (CALCRIM) includes both new and recently revised jury instructions as approved by the Judicial Council, containing all instructions applicable to each and every case, allowing the trial judge to determine what the jury should be instructed on that particular subject. This 2024 Edition of CALCRIM includes all of the new and revised Judicial Council of California Criminal Jury Instructions approved by the Judicial Council in March 2024. Newly amended instructions include updates made to: the crimes of: Homicide, Assaultive Crimes and Battery, Kidnapping, Aron, Theft and Extorsion, Sentencing Enhancement Factors, etc. In providing these updates, the Judicial Council is fulfilling its charge to ensure that CALCRIM reflects all changes in the law so that the most up-to-date legal precedents are available to all legal practitioners.

The Judicial Council’s reasoning as to why these CALCRIM instructions are so often impenetrable is that they are based on the language of case law and statutes written by and for a specialized legal audience, expressed in terms of art that have evolved through multiple languages, in many countries, over several centuries. CALCRIM’s goal was not to lose either the majesty of the law or the rich language in which lawyers and judges have expressed it. In that regard, the work reflects a belief that this sound communication of the law and its instructions considers the audience to which it is addressed.

The 2023 edition ISBN is 9781663350657.

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Table of contents

SERIES 100 Pretrial
SERIES 200 Post-Trial: Introductory
SERIES 300 Evidence
SERIES 400 Aiding and Abetting, Inchoate, and Accessorial Crimes
SERIES 500 Homicide
SERIES 800 Assaultive and Battery Crimes
SERIES 1000 Sex Offenses
SERIES 1200 Kidnapping
SERIES 1300 Criminal Threats and Hate Crimes
SERIES 1400 Criminal Street Gangs
SERIES 1500 Arson
SERIES 1600 Robbery and Carjacking
SERIES 1700 Burglary and Receiving Stolen Property
SERIES 1800 Theft and Extortion
SERIES 1900 Criminal Writings and Fraud
SERIES 2100 Vehicle Offenses
SERIES 2300 Controlled Substances
SERIES 2500 Weapons
SERIES 2600 Crimes Against Government
SERIES 2800 Tax Crimes
SERIES 2900 Vandalism, Loitering, Trespass, and Other Miscellaneous Offenses
SERIES 3100 Enhancements and Sentencing Factors
SERIES 3400 Defenses and Insanity
SERIES 3500 Post-Trial: Concluding