Event Details
December 17, 2021
Description
Filing of Court Document 562 (Jury Instructions)
Participants (5)
| Name | Type | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jury | person | 126 | View Entity |
| The government | organization | 3113 | View Entity |
| Ms. Maxwell | person | 1982 | View Entity |
| court | location | 177 | View Entity |
| GHISLAINE MAXWELL | person | 9575 | View Entity |
Source Documents (5)
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This document is page 68 of 82 from a court filing (Document 562) dated December 17, 2021, in Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell). It contains Jury Instruction No. 49, which explicitly instructs the jury that Ms. Maxwell exercised her Constitutional right not to testify, that the burden of proof rests solely with the Government, and that no adverse inference can be drawn against her for not taking the witness stand.
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This document is page 60 of court filing 562 (Jury Instructions) from the trial United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell (Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE). It contains Instruction No. 43 regarding 'Inferences,' explaining to the jury how to logically deduce facts from evidence versus guessing. Crucially, it instructs the jury that they cannot infer Maxwell's guilt based solely on her presence at the scene of a crime or knowledge that a crime was being committed.
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This document is page 23 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. 16 regarding Count Two: Enticement to Engage in Illegal Sexual Activity. The instruction defines the second element of the crime, specifically explaining the requirement to prove travel in 'interstate commerce.'
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This document is page 73 of 82 from a court filing in Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell), filed on December 17, 2021. It contains Jury Instruction No. 54, titled 'Persons Not on Trial,' which explicitly instructs the jury not to speculate why other individuals are not on trial or draw inferences from their absence. The document is stamped with Bates number DOJ-OGR-00008529.
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This document is page 59 of 82 from a court filing dated December 17, 2021, in the case United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell. It contains Jury Instruction No. 42, which explains the difference between direct and circumstantial evidence using an analogy about rain and umbrellas. The instruction concludes by reminding the jury that they must be satisfied of Ms. Maxwell's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt before convicting her.
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