4 Legal English Podcast
4 Legal English Podcast
Timothy Barrett
McMichaels Trial and Importance of Jury Instructions
20 minutes Posted Dec 3, 2021 at 8:00 am.
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In this episode, we discuss the recent trial of the McMichaels, for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and the importance of jury instructions in a trial. We will focus on the judge's instructions to the jury on citizen's arrest. 

A major issue of the case was the statute for citizen's arrest - which is ambiguous or confusing. Instead of giving a jury instruction on this area of law, the judge simply read the statute itself.

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