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     631.06 Questions of law and fact; allocation of decision 
  making to court and jury. 

    In criminal trials, the court shall decide questions of 
 law, except in cases of criminal defamation, and the jury shall 
 decide questions of fact.  The defendant may object to a 
 decision of the court on a matter of law.  Although the jury may 
 return a general verdict including questions of law as well as 
 fact, it shall receive as law the court's instructions. 

    HIST: (10710) RL s 5363; 1971 c 25 s 99; 1985 c 265 art 11 s 1 

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