Local Rule L. Cr. R. 30-1: Jury Instructions
N.D. Ind. — Criminal rule
N.D. Ind. L. Cr. R. 30-1 Jury Instructions A party requesting that the court instruct the jury under Fed. R. Crim. P. 30(a):
(a) must file the request;
(b) must use the Seventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions whenever possible;
(c) must request the Seventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions by number only; and
(d) is encouraged, when requesting non-pattern instructions, to submit them to chambers in an electronic format compatible with the court's word-processing program.