Free Proposed Jury Instructions - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

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

Document 1096-11

Filed 03/30/2007

Page 1 of 1

INSTRUCTION NO. G-10 IMPEACHMENT BY PRIOR CONVICTION (Defendant's Testimony) You have heard evidence that the defendant has been convicted of a felony, that is, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term of years. This conviction has been brought to your attention only because you may wish to consider it when you decide, as with any witness, how much of his testimony you will believe in this trial. The fact that the defendant has been convicted of another crime does not mean that he committed the crime charged in this case, and you must not use his prior conviction as proof of the crime charged in this case. You may find him guilty of the crime charged here only if the government has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed it.

Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions (Tenth Circuit), No. 1.11 (2005).