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This document is page 65 of a court filing (Document 562) from Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell), filed on December 17, 2021. It contains Jury Instruction No. 46, which directs the jury on how to weigh testimony provided by law enforcement officials and government employees, specifically noting that such testimony should not automatically receive greater weight than that of ordinary witnesses.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Law enforcement officials | Witnesses |
Generic reference to category of witnesses providing testimony.
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| Government employees | Witnesses |
Generic reference to category of witnesses providing testimony.
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| Defense counsel | Legal Counsel |
Mentioned as having the right to attack the credibility of government witnesses.
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| Federal Government |
Employer of law enforcement and employee witnesses.
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| DOJ |
Department of Justice (implied by Bates stamp 'DOJ-OGR').
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Law Enforcement Witnesses
Instruction states defense counsel is allowed to try to attack the credibility of such a witness.
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"Instruction No. 46: Law Enforcement and Government Employee Witnesses"Source
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"The fact that a witness may be employed by the Federal Government as a law enforcement official or employee does not mean that his or her testimony is necessarily deserving of more or less consideration or greater or lesser weight than that of an ordinary witness."Source
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"In this context, defense counsel is allowed to try to attack the credibility of such a witness on the ground that his or her testimony may be colored by a personal or professional interest in the outcome of the case."Source
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 562 Filed 12/17/21 Page 65 of 82
1 Instruction No. 46: Law Enforcement and Government Employee Witnesses
2 You have heard testimony from law enforcement officials and employees of the
3 Government. The fact that a witness may be employed by the Federal Government as a law
4 enforcement official or employee does not mean that his or her testimony is necessarily
5 deserving of more or less consideration or greater or lesser weight than that of an ordinary
6 witness.
7 In this context, defense counsel is allowed to try to attack the credibility of such a
8 witness on the ground that his or her testimony may be colored by a personal or professional
9 interest in the outcome of the case.
10 It is your decision, after reviewing all the evidence, whether to accept the testimony of
11 the law enforcement or Government employee witness and to give to that testimony the
12 weight you find it deserves.
2 You have heard testimony from law enforcement officials and employees of the
3 Government. The fact that a witness may be employed by the Federal Government as a law
4 enforcement official or employee does not mean that his or her testimony is necessarily
5 deserving of more or less consideration or greater or lesser weight than that of an ordinary
6 witness.
7 In this context, defense counsel is allowed to try to attack the credibility of such a
8 witness on the ground that his or her testimony may be colored by a personal or professional
9 interest in the outcome of the case.
10 It is your decision, after reviewing all the evidence, whether to accept the testimony of
11 the law enforcement or Government employee witness and to give to that testimony the
12 weight you find it deserves.
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