Free Proposed Jury Instructions - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

Case 1:00-cv-02098-REB-MJW

Document 252-4

Filed 09/14/2007

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INSTRUCTION NO. _____ There are two types of evidence from which a jury may properly find the truth as to the facts of a case. One is direct evidence ­ such as the testimony of an eyewitness or earwitness. The other is indirect or circumstantial evidence ­ the proof of a chain of circumstances pointing to the existence or nonexistence of certain facts. As a general rule, the law makes no distinction between direct or circumstantial evidence, but requires that the jury find the facts in accordance with the preponderance of all the evidence in the case, both direct and circumstantial.

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