Free Proposed Jury Instructions - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

Case 1:04-cr-00103-REB-MEH

Document 1096-15

Filed 03/30/2007

Page 1 of 1

INSTRUCTION NO. G-14 CAUTION--CONSIDER ONLY CRIME CHARGED You are here to decide whether the government has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that each defendant is guilty of the crimes charged. The defendants are not on trial for any act, conduct, or crime not charged in the indictment. It is not up to you to decide whether anyone who is not on trial in this case should be prosecuted for the crime charged. The fact that another person also may be guilty is no defense to a criminal charge. The question of the possible guilt of others should not enter your thinking as you decide whether this defendant has been proved guilty of the crime charged, except in the circumstances described in Instruction No. ___ [Pinkerton instruction].

Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions (Tenth Circuit), No. 1.19 (2005).