Types of Verdict

(a) General Verdicts. Except as otherwise specified by this Rule, the jury shall in all cases render a verdict finding the defendant either guilty or not guilty. 134 (b) Insanity or Intellectual Disability Verdicts. When the jury determines that a defendant is not guilty by reason of insanity or intellectual disability, the verdict shall so state. (c) Different Counts or Offenses. If the jury is instructed on different counts, offenses, or degrees of offenses, the verdict shall specify each count, offense, or degree of offense of which the defendant has been found guilty or not guilty. (d) Lesser-included Offense or Attempt. The jury may be instructed that it can return a verdict on any of the following: (1) an offense necessarily included in the offense charged; or (2) an attempt to commit the offense charged or an offense necessarily included therein, if such attempt is an offense. Comment