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Purpose
The Ohio Jury Instructions (OJI) Committee drafts Ohio Jury Instructions for newly enacted legislation and updates existing instructions as needed and required by intervening legal opinions or events.
Ohio Jury Instructions Recent Instructions
The instructions listed below are provisional documents by the OJI Committee, but not yet released for publication. Once they have been published, they will be removed from the site.
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Instruction # |
Description |
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CR 417.27 |
Affirmative defense R. C. 2901.05(C) [Rev. 4/13/19] |
PDF |
Word |
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CR 417.41 |
Battered persons syndrom [Rev. 4/13/19] |
PDF |
Word |
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CR 421.19 |
Self-defense against danger of bodily harm - use of non-deadly force R. C. 2901.05 (effective 3/28/19) [Rev. 11/16/19] |
PDF |
Word |
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CR 421.21 |
Self-defense against danger of death of great bodily harm - use of death force R. C. 2901.05 (effective 3/28/19) [Rev. 11/16/19] |
PDF |
Word |
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CR 421.23 |
Presumption - Self-defense/Defense of another - when in residence or vehicle, use of deadly force R. C. 2901.05 (effective 3/28/19) [Rev. 11/16/19] |
PDF |
Word |
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CR 421.191 |
Defense of another - use of non-deadly force R.C. 2901.05 (effective 3/28/19) [Rev. 11/16/19] |
PDF |
Word |
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CR 421.211 |
Defense of another against danger of death or great bodily harm - use of deadly force R.C. 2901.05 (effective 3/28/19) [Rev. 11/16/19] |
PDF |
Word |
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CR 425.03 |
Affirmative defense [Rev. 4/13/19] |
PDF |
Word |
Jennifer Whetstone, Jennifer.Whetstone@sc.ohio.gov, Phone: 614-387-9766