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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1114 (2026)

Instructions; paragraphing; numbering; filing; record

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If the giving or refusal be excepted to, the same may be without any stated reason therefor, and all instructions demanded, as well as all instructions given to the jury by the court on its own motion, must be plainly and legibly written in consecutively numbered paragraphs, and filed by the clerk before being read to the jury by the court; and such instructions shall be preserved as part of the record of the cause in which they were given.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1955–2020 · leading case: State v. Davlin, 766 N.W.2d 370 (Neb. 2009).
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State v. Davlin, 766 N.W.2d 370 (Neb. 2009). · cites it 4× “In his fourth assignment of error, Davlin contends that his appellate counsel erred in failing to allege the ineffectiveness of trial counsel in not objecting to the district court's failure to file jury instructions in compliance with Neb.Rev.Stat. § 25-1114 (Reissue 2008) and…”
Segebart ex rel. Segebart v. Gregory, 69 N.W.2d 315 (Neb. 1955). · cites it 2× “Section 25-1114, R. R. S. 1943, requires that instructions be filed before being read to the jury.”
Schuemann v. Menard, Inc., 938 N.W.2d 378 (Neb. Ct. App. 2020). “Under § 25-1114, all instructions requested and given must be filed by the clerk before being read to the jury and shall be preserved as part of the record.”
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