judge," and "You are allowed to talk to others about (general) impressions you formed by serving (as a lay judge)."
The draft models will be reported May 23 to a commission on Supreme Court rules before being distributed to professional judges throughout the country.
The law setting rules on lay judges' participation in criminal trials stipulates that the presiding judge "explains their authority, obligations and other required items (to lay judges) as specified by Supreme Court regulations."
The top court is expected to lay out some basic legal concepts, such as "who shoulders the burden of proof" and "evidence-based examinations," while allowing individual courts to decide what precisely to tell lay judges.
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