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Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 1A.06E
Tacit Admissions
You have heard evidence that (name of declarant) made a statement that (insert description of statement) to (name of party who remained silent) and that (name of party who remained silent) did not deny the truth of the statement. [It is for you to decide whether the statement was made. If you decide that it was,] [Y]ou must decide whether the following things are true: (the party who remained silent) heard the statement and understood it; was able to deny the statement and failed to do so; and a reasonable person in the same circumstances would have denied the statement if it was false. If you decide that these things all are true, you may treat the silence of (name of party who remained silent) as an admission of the truth of the statement.
[Insert Instruction 1A.06C or 1A.06D.]
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 1A.06E, dated Added 1999. Prepared by the Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee; published by the Alaska Court System. The Alaska Court System states that these instructions "have not been approved or promulgated by any court or the Alaska Bar Association."
Provenance
- Source
- courts.alaska.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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