Extensive practice manual providing detailed advice on effective communication with jurors in criminal trials, including actual instructions from a judge, in simple language, which serve as models to adapt. Offers author commentaries and up-to-date annotations. Section titles discuss: The Trial (Including Pretrial and Midtrial Instructions); Function of Court and Jury; Evidence and Witmesses; The Deliberative Process; Instructions on Criminal Culpability: Conspiracy, Attempt, Accessories; Defenses; Mens Rea; Instructions for Specific Criminal Offenses: Homicide, Assault, Sex Offenses, Kidnapping; Burglary and Related Offenses; Theft Offenses; Administration of Justice Offenses; and Miscellaneous Offenses.