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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 21 (2026 edition) of Judicial Council of California Criminal Jury Instructions (CALCRIM) includes both new and recently revised as well as those revoked 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 2026 Edition of CALCRIM includes 64 new and revised Judicial Council of California Criminal Jury Instructions approved by the Judicial Council in early March 2026. 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 utilized and applied 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 through these words. In that regard, the work reflects the belief that this sound communication of the law and its instructions considers the audience to which it is addressed.
The previous edition's ISBN is 9781663399151.
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