A trial judge may inform the jury of the sequence in which verdicts will be taken but must not direct the jury that it must consider alternative charges in any particular mandatory order. The distinction is between the formal act of finding a verdict and the jury's processes of deliberation. Directions on intoxication and intent must follow the Viro v The Queen formulation, addressing both the possibility that intoxication prevented formation of intent and the possibility that a person may form intent while intoxicated.
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