CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 333
Opinion Testimony of Lay Witness
(A witness/Witnesses)[, who (was/were) not testifying as [an] expert[s],]
gave (his/her/their) opinion[s] during the trial. Y ou may but are not
required to accept (that/those) opinion[s] as true or correct. Y ou may
give the opinion[s] whatever weight you think appropriate. Consider the
extent of the witness’s opportunity to perceive the matters on which his
or her opinion is based, the reasons the witness gave for any opinion,
and the facts or information on which the witness relied in forming that
opinion. Y ou must decide whether information on which the witness
relied was true and accurate. Y ou may disregard all or any part of an
opinion that you find unbelievable, unreasonable, or unsupported by the
evidence.
New January 2006
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2019
- Content hash
45e6962c4741a5083d4fcd8895171ed7584c35b59abd684144411fca10633685
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