PRINTER'S NO. 678
No. 612 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY WATERS, BISHOP, BLACKWELL, BOYD, FREEMAN, GIBBONS,
JAMES, KIRKLAND, MELIO, MICOZZIE, MYERS, PARKER, READSHAW,
ROAE, WALKO, YOUNGBLOOD, SIPTROTH AND BELFANTI, MARCH 6, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 6, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for jury
3 instructions.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 4566. Jury instructions.
9 All instructions to a jury regarding applicable law and
10 conduct of deliberations shall be in plain and understandable
11 language. Each juror shall be provided with a written copy of
12 the instructions for use during deliberations.
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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