Topic: jury instructions should be considered as a whole, and if a… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 8 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Aleksey.

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1 State v. Aleksey Anchor
sc · 2000
green “jury instructions should be considered as a whole, and if as a whole they are free from error, any isolated portions that may be misleading do not constitute reversible error.” 4
2 State v. Blurton
sc · 2002
green “instructions that do not fit the facts of the case may serve only to confuse the jury.” 4

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