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This document is page 70 of 83 from a court filing (Document 565) in Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (USA v. Ghislaine Maxwell), filed on December 19, 2021. It contains Jury Instruction No. 50 regarding 'Uncalled Witnesses,' instructing the jury not to draw inferences from the absence of certain witnesses and reiterating that the defendant has no burden to produce evidence.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Defendant | Defendant (implied Ghislaine Maxwell) |
Subject of the instruction regarding burden of proof and producing witnesses
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| Attorneys | Counsel |
Referred to regarding comments on absent witnesses
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| Uncalled Witnesses | Potential Witnesses |
People named during trial who did not testify
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| Department of Justice |
Implied by footer 'DOJ-OGR'
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| US District Court |
Implied by Case Number 1:20-cr-00330-PAE
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2021-12-19
Filing of Jury Instructions (Document 565)
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Court
Jury
Key Quotes (3)
"Instruction No. 50: Uncalled Witnesses – Equally Available to Both Sides"Source
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"Therefore, you should not draw any inferences or reach any conclusions as to what they would have testified to had they been called."Source
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"...the law does not impose on the defendant in a criminal case the burden or duty of calling any witnesses or producing any evidence."Source
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 565 Filed 12/19/21 Page 70 of 83
1 Instruction No. 50: Uncalled Witnesses – Equally Available to Both Sides
2 There are people whose names you heard during the course of the trial but did not appear
3 to testify. One or more of the attorneys has referred to their absence from the trial. I instruct you
4 that each party had an equal opportunity or lack of opportunity to call any of these witnesses.
5 Therefore, you should not draw any inferences or reach any conclusions as to what they would
6 have testified to had they been called. Their absence should not affect your judgment in any way.
7 You should remember my instruction, however, that the law does not impose on the
8 defendant in a criminal case the burden or duty of calling any witnesses or producing any
9 evidence.
2 There are people whose names you heard during the course of the trial but did not appear
3 to testify. One or more of the attorneys has referred to their absence from the trial. I instruct you
4 that each party had an equal opportunity or lack of opportunity to call any of these witnesses.
5 Therefore, you should not draw any inferences or reach any conclusions as to what they would
6 have testified to had they been called. Their absence should not affect your judgment in any way.
7 You should remember my instruction, however, that the law does not impose on the
8 defendant in a criminal case the burden or duty of calling any witnesses or producing any
9 evidence.
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