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This document is a jury instruction, specifically Instruction No. 45, from a legal case filed on December 19, 2021. It directs the jury on how to handle evidence of a witness's prior inconsistent statements, specifying that such evidence should only be used to assess the witness's credibility and not as direct evidence of Ms. Maxwell's guilt. The jury is tasked with determining the reason for any inconsistency and how much weight to give the testimony.
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| Ms. Maxwell | Subject of guilt determination |
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A trial in which the jury is being instructed on how to evaluate witness testimony.
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The document describes how the testimony of a witness should be evaluated in the context of determining Ms. Maxwell's guilt.
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 565 Filed 12/19/21 Page 65 of 83
Instruction No. 45: Credibility of Witnesses – Impeachment by Prior Inconsistent Statement
You have heard evidence that a witness made a statement on an earlier occasion which counsel argues is inconsistent with the witness’s trial testimony. Evidence of a prior inconsistent statement is not to be considered by you as affirmative evidence bearing on Ms. Maxwell’s guilt. Evidence of the prior inconsistent statement was placed before you for the more limited purpose of helping you decide whether to believe the trial testimony of the witness who contradicted him or herself. If you find that the witness made an earlier statement that conflicts with his or her trial testimony, you may consider that fact in deciding how much of the trial testimony, if any, to believe.
In making this determination, you may consider whether the witness purposely made a false statement or whether it was an innocent mistake; whether the inconsistency concerns an important fact or whether it had to do with a small detail; whether the witness had an explanation for the inconsistency; and whether that explanation appealed to your common sense.
It is exclusively your duty, based on all of the evidence and your own good judgment, to determine whether the prior statement was inconsistent, and if so how much, if any, weight to be given to the inconsistent statement in determining whether to believe all or part of the witness’s testimony.
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