Bohannon v. Thomas

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• holding that generally, jury instructions which track statutory language are not erroneous unless they tend to mislead the jury
• providing that “an appellate court will not set aside a verdict merely because an instruction which might have been proper is not given; the court must conclude that the jury was misled by the instructions which were used.”
• appellate court will not set aside jury verdict merely because an instruction that might have been proper was not given; court must conclude that jury was misled by the instructions used
• jury instructions which track statutory language are not erroneous

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