Jury instructions are directions from a judge to a jury that are provided when a case is concluded and the jury is preparing to adjourn to deliberate over the matter the instructions provide the jurors with a framework they must consider when making determinations about the facts of the case. Jury instructions committee 3 books john s palmore 3 books indiana judges association 3 books david watt 3 books sir william cusack smith 2 books paul j mcclung 2 books florida supreme court. Rule 51 governs instructions to the trial jury on the law that governs the verdict a variety of other instructions cannot practicably be brought within rule 51 among these instructions are preliminary instructions to a venire and cautionary or limiting instructions delivered in immediate response to events at trial