It is
your duty, as jurors, to consult with one another and to deliberate with a view
to reaching an agreement, if you can do so without violence to individual
judgment. Each of you must decide the case
for yourself, but do so only after an impartial consideration of the evidence
with your fellow jurors. In the course
of your deliberations, do not hesitate to re-examine your own views and change
your opinion if convinced it is erroneous but do not surrender your honest
conviction as to the weight or effect of evidence solely because of the opinion
of your fellow jurors, or for the mere purpose of returning a verdict. You are not partisans. You are judges--judges of the facts.
[1] When you feel a reasonable period of time has gone by
subsequent to the delivery of your charge, be aware of N.J.S.A.
2C:1-9d(2). Mistrial for a jury unable
to reach a verdict will not prevent retrial.
