ID · jury_instructions
ICJI 315
Deposition Evidence
ICJI 315 DEPOSITION EVIDENCE
Certain evidence is about to be presented to you by deposition[s]. A deposition is testimony taken under oath before the trial and preserved in writing [or upon videotape]. This evidence is entitled to neither more nor less consideration than you would give the same testimony had the witness[es] testified here from the witness stand.
Comment
If evidence by deposition is introduced in the absence of the witness, then this instruction should be read to the jury, immediately prior to the reading or viewing of the deposition.
In view of the liberal use of evidence depositions, this instruction is likely to have frequent application. This is an example of an instance in which the committee believes it is proper for the court to call attention to specific evidence because a jury might otherwise not understand the function of a deposition.
See IDJI 1.22.
I.C. ss 19-3111 & 19-3214.
Provenance
- Source
- isc.idaho.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-21
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
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