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                                    Rule 4
                             Instructions to Jury


(a) Proposed. Unless otherwise requested by the trial judge on timely notice to
counsel, proposed instructions shall be submitted when the case is called for
trial. Proposed instructions upon questions of law developed by the evidence,
which could not reasonably be anticipated, may be submitted at any time before
the court has instructed the jury.

(b) Submission. Submission of proposed instructions shall be by delivering the
original and three or more copies as required by the trial judge, by filing one
copy with the clerk, identified as the party's proposed instructions, and by
serving one copy upon each opposing counsel.

(c) Form. Each proposed instruction shall be typewritten or printed on a
separate sheet of letter-size (8-1/2 by 11 inches) paper. Except for one copy
of each, the instructions delivered to the trial court shall not be numbered or
identified as to the proposing party. One copy delivered to the trial court,
and the copy filed with the clerk, and copies served on each opposing counsel
shall be numbered and identified as to proposing party, and may contain
supporting annotations.
	

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