Allows courts to provide juries with written instructions on elements of offenses and defenses.

This bill amends the criminal procedure law to allow courts to provide juries with written instructions on the elements of any offense or defense submitted in relation to the case. The court must permit counsel to examine these instructions, afford counsel an opportunity to be heard, and read the instructions to the jury. The bill is named the "Tiarah Poyau Act.

Allows courts to provide juries with written instructions on elements of offenses and defenses.

This bill amends the criminal procedure law to allow courts to provide juries with written instructions on the elements of any offense or defense submitted in relation to the case. The court must permit counsel to examine these instructions, afford counsel an opportunity to be heard, and read the instructions to the jury. The bill is named the "Tiarah Poyau Act.