IN IJA 3.0100. Murder—Killing a Human Being.

State: Indiana

Indiana Judges Association (IJA) (2017)

CHAPTER 3 OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON

Instruction No. 3.0100. Murder—Killing a Human Being.

I.C. 35-42-1-1.


The crime of murder is defined by law as follows:

A person who knowingly or intentionally kills another human being commits murder, a felony.

Before you may convict the Defendant, the State must have proved each of the following beyond a reasonable doubt:

1. The Defendant

2. knowingly or intentionally

3. killed

4. (name). 
If the State failed to prove each of these elements beyond a reasonable doubt,

you must find the Defendant not guilty of murder, a felony, charged in Count ____________.