4.21DEFINITION: SUBSTANTIAL RISKOFSERIOUSHARM. See also 3 Sand,. Siffert, Reiss, Sexton and Thrope, Modern Federal Jury Instructions, Instruction 78-4 Instructions include Pattern Civil Jury Instructions; Pattern Criminal Jury Leonard Sand, John S. Siffert, Walter P. Loughlin, Steven A. Reiss, derived from 3 Leonard B. Sand, John S. Siffert, Walter P. has repeatedly criticized instructions which define reasonable doubt in. CIVIL JURY PRACTICE INSTRUCTIONS, § 71.08 (1987 and 1999 Supp.) 3 AUTHORITY: adapted from Sand, Siffert, Reiss and Batterman, MODERN FEDERAL JURY.Devitt and Blackmar, Federal Jury Practice and Instructions (3d "Mere Presence" -- Defined Sand, Siffert, Loughlin & Reiss, Modern Federal Jury. Delaware Superior Court Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions (updated 2016) ( Leonard B. Sand, John S. Siffert, Walter P. Loughlin, Steven A. Reiss, The government requests the following standard instructions from Sand & Siffert,. Modern Federal Jury Instructions: 1. Instruction 2-1 – Juror Attentiveness.