New England: CLE Programs, Webcasts and Publications (2024)

Hon. Joseph M. Ditkoff,Appeals Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Stephanie Martin Glennon, Esq.,Norfolk District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Instruction 1.1

- Preliminary Instruction Before TrialBuy Form

Instruction 1.10

- Intent: General and SpecificBuy Form

Instruction 1.11

- Posttrial Communication with AttorneysBuy Form

Instruction 1.2

- Reasonable DoubtBuy Form

Instruction 1.3

- Presumption of InnocenceBuy Form

Instruction 1.4

- Evidence: Direct and Circ*mstantialBuy Form

Instruction 1.5

- InferencesBuy Form

Instruction 1.6

- Role of Judge and Fact-Finding Role of JuryBuy Form

Instruction 1.7

- Role of the AttorneyBuy Form

Instruction 1.8

- Opening Statements and Closing ArgumentsBuy Form

Instruction 1.9

- Credibility of WitnessesBuy Form

Instruction 2.1

- Statement of the Supreme Judicial Court: Model Jury Instructions on Homicide (April 2018)Buy Form

Instruction 2.10

- Supreme Judicial Court Chalk: Requirements of Proof for HomicideBuy Form

Instruction 2.2

- Criminal ResponsibilityBuy Form

Instruction 2.3

- Joint VentureBuy Form

Instruction 2.4

- Self-Defense and Defense of AnotherBuy Form

Instruction 2.5

- Murder in the First DegreeBuy Form

Instruction 2.6

- Murder in the Second DegreeBuy Form

Instruction 2.7

- Voluntary Manslaughter (Lesser Included Offense to Murder)Buy Form

Instruction 2.8

- Involuntary ManslaughterBuy Form

Instruction 2.9

- Supplemental InstructionsBuy Form

Pamela L. Alford, Esq.,Norfolk County District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Larry R. Tipton, Esq.,Tipton Law

Instruction 3.1

- Rape (G.L. c. 265, § 22)Buy Form

Instruction 3.10

- Assault and Battery (G.L. c. 265, § 13A)Buy Form

Instruction 3.11

- Assault and Battery by Means of a Dangerous Weapon (G.L. c. 265, § 15A)Buy Form

Instruction 3.12

- Assault with Intent to Murder/?Assault with Intent to Kill (G.L. c. 265, § 15)Buy Form

Instruction 3.13

- Stalking (G.L. c. 265, § 43)Buy Form

Instruction 3.14

- Kidnapping (G.L. c. 265, § 26)Buy Form

Instruction 3.15

- Attempted Extortion (G.L. c. 265, § 25)Buy Form

Instruction 3.16

- Robbery (G.L. c. 265, §§ 17, 19(b))Buy Form

Instruction 3.17

- Carjacking Without a Dangerous Weapon (G.L. c. 265, § 21A)Buy Form

Instruction 3.18

- Carjacking While Armed with a Dangerous Weapon or with a Firearm, Rifle, Shotgun, Machine Gun, or Assault Weapon (G.L. c. 265, § 21A)Buy Form

Instruction 3.19

- Enticement of a Child Under Age Sixteen (G.L. c. 265, § 26C)Buy Form

Instruction 3.2

- Assault with Intent to Rape (G.L. c. 265, § 24)Buy Form

Instruction 3.20

- Reckless Endangerment of a Child (G.L. c. 265, § 13L)Buy Form

Instruction 3.21

- Assault and Battery on a Child (G.L. c. 265, § 13J)Buy Form

Instruction 3.22

- Attempted Murder (G.L. c. 265, § 16/G.L. c. 274, § 6)Buy Form

Instruction 3.23

- Trafficking of Persons for Sexual Servitude (G.L. c. 265, § 50)Buy Form

Instruction 3.24

- Strangulation or Suffocation (G.L. c. 265, § 15D)Buy Form

Instruction 3.3

- Rape of a Child: Use of Force (G.L. c. 265, § 22A)Buy Form

Instruction 3.4

- Rape and Abuse of a Child (G.L. c. 265, § 23)Buy Form

Instruction 3.5

- Indecent Assault and Battery on a Person of Fourteen Years of Age or Older (G.L. c. 265, § 13H)Buy Form

Instruction 3.6

- Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child Under Fourteen Years (G.L. c. 265, § 13B)Buy Form

Instruction 3.7

- Mayhem (G.L. c. 265, § 14)Buy Form

Instruction 3.8

- Assault (G.L. c. 265, § 13A)Buy Form

Instruction 3.9

- Assault by Means of a Dangerous Weapon (G.L. c. 265, § 15B)Buy Form

Hon. Michael L. Fabbri,Framingham District Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Instruction 4.1

- Assault in a Dwelling With a Dangerous Weapon (G.L. c. 265, § 18A)Buy Form

Instruction 4.10

- Larceny by False Pretenses (G.L. c. 266, § 30)Buy Form

Instruction 4.11

- Larceny by Embezzlement (G.L. c. 266, § 30)Buy Form

Instruction 4.12

- Larceny from a BuildingBuy Form

Instruction 4.13

- Larceny from the Person (G.L. c. 266, § 25)Buy Form

Instruction 4.14

- Larceny of a Motor Vehicle (G.L. c. 266, § 28)Buy Form

Instruction 4.15

- Criminal Civil Rights Violations (G.L. c. 265, § 37)Buy Form

Instruction 4.16

- Intimidation Because of the Person’s Race, Color, Religion, National Origin, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or Disability (G.L. c. 265, § 39)Buy Form

Instruction 4.17

- Intimidating a Witness, Juror, Court Official, or Law Enforcement Officer (G.L. c. 268, § 13B)Buy Form

Instruction 4.18

- Intentionally Misleading an Investigator in a Criminal Investigation (G.L. c. 268, § 13B)Buy Form

Instruction 4.19

- Perjury (G.L. c. 268, § 1)Buy Form

Instruction 4.2

- Home Invasion with a Dangerous Weapon (G.L. c. 265, § 18C)Buy Form

Instruction 4.20

- Controlled Substances ViolationsBuy Form

Instruction 4.3

- Arson (G.L. c. 266, § 1)Buy Form

Instruction 4.4

- Aggravated or Armed Burglary (G.L. c. 266, § 14)Buy Form

Instruction 4.5

- Breaking and Entering—Intent to Commit a Felony—No Person Put in Fear (G.L. c. 266, § 18)Buy Form

Instruction 4.6

- Breaking and Entering in the Nighttime (G.L. c. 266, § 16)Buy Form

Instruction 4.7

- Possession of Burglarious Tools (G.L. c. 266, § 49)Buy Form

Instruction 4.8

- Malicious Destruction of Property (G.L. c. 266, § 127)Buy Form

Instruction 4.9

- Larceny by StealingBuy Form

Hon. Beverly J. Cannone,Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hon. Marguerite T. Grant,Appeals Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Michael J. Traft, Esq.,

Instruction 5.1

- Lack of Criminal ResponsibilityBuy Form

Instruction 5.10

- Mistake of Fact in Nonsexual Assault CasesBuy Form

Instruction 5.11

- Mistake of Fact in Sexual Assault CasesBuy Form

Instruction 5.12

- Withdrawal or AbandonmentBuy Form

Instruction 5.13

- Parental DisciplineBuy Form

Instruction 5.14

- Use of Force to Make ArrestBuy Form

Instruction 5.2

- Mental Impairment or Consumption of Alcohol or Drugs as They Apply to Proof of Knowledge or Intent (“Diminished Capacity”)Buy Form

Instruction 5.3

- EntrapmentBuy Form

Instruction 5.4

- Self Defense and Defense of AnotherBuy Form

Instruction 5.5

- Defense of PropertyBuy Form

Instruction 5.6

- AlibiBuy Form

Instruction 5.7

- NecessityBuy Form

Instruction 5.8

- DuressBuy Form

Instruction 5.9

- AccidentBuy Form

Kevin J. Curtin, Esq.,Worcester District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Thomas D. Ralph, Esq.,Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Benjamin B. Selman, Esq.,Committee for Public Counsel Services

Instruction 6.1

- Deadlocked Jury: Tuey-RodriquezBuy Form

Instruction 6.10

- Rehabilitation: Prior Consistent StatementBuy Form

Instruction 6.11

- KnowledgeBuy Form

Instruction 6.12

- Potentially Duplicative Convictions—Separate and Distinct ActsBuy Form

Instruction 6.13

- ViewBuy Form

Instruction 6.14

- Cautionary Instruction on the Use of Electronic Information or CommunicationBuy Form

Instruction 6.2

- IdentificationBuy Form

Instruction 6.3

- Aider and Abettor LiabilityBuy Form

Instruction 6.4

- Conspiracy (G.L. c. 274, § 7; G.L. c. 94C, § 40)Buy Form

Instruction 6.5

- Conspiracy—Alternate InstructionBuy Form

Instruction 6.6

- Expert WitnessBuy Form

Instruction 6.7

- Child WitnessBuy Form

Instruction 6.8

- Absent (or Missing) WitnessBuy Form

Instruction 6.9

- ImpeachmentBuy Form

Instruction 7.1

- Confessions and Admissions (Humane Practice)Buy Form

Instruction 7.10

- First ComplaintBuy Form

Instruction 7.11

- Omissions in Police InvestigationsBuy Form

Instruction 7.12

- The Findings of Foundation or Preliminary Questions of FactBuy Form

Instruction 7.13

- Facts Judicially NoticedBuy Form

Instruction 7.2

- Admissions by SilenceBuy Form

Instruction 7.3

- Defendant Does Not TestifyBuy Form

Instruction 7.4

- Reputation EvidenceBuy Form

Instruction 7.5

- Consciousness of GuiltBuy Form

Instruction 7.6

- Defendant’s Other Bad ActsBuy Form

Instruction 7.7

- Immunized WitnessesBuy Form

Instruction 7.8

- Where Plea Agreement Conditioned on Truthfulness (Accomplice Testimony)Buy Form

Instruction 7.9

- Multiple Incidents or Theories in One CountBuy Form

Margaret C. Parks, Esq.,Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Instruction 8.1

- Presentation of False Claims (G.L. c. 266, § 67B)Buy Form

Instruction 8.2

- False Entries in Corporate Books (G.L. c. 266, § 67)Buy Form

Instruction 8.3

- Fraud in the Procurement of Government Services (G.L. c. 266, § 67A)Buy Form

Instruction 8.4

- Bribery—Soliciting or Accepting (G.L. c. 268A, § 2(b))Buy Form

Instruction 8.5

- Bribery—Giving, Offering, or Promising (G.L. c. 268A, § 2(a))Buy Form

Instruction 8.6

- Gratuity—Soliciting or Accepting (G.L. c. 268A, § 3(b))Buy Form

Instruction 8.7

- Gratuity—Giving, Offering, or Promising (G.L. c. 268A, § 3(a))Buy Form

Instruction 8.8

- Embezzlement by Fiduciary (G.L. c. 266, § 57)Buy Form

Hon. Kenneth W. Salinger,Superior Court, Business Litigation Session, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Instruction 9.1

- Initial Commitment (Section 12) ProceedingsBuy Form

Instruction 9.2

- Discharge Petition (Section 9) ProceedingsBuy Form

John M. Thompson, Esq.,Thompson & Thompson, PC