IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 3.13
Impeachment--Defendant--Offenses
Evidence of a defendant's previous conviction of an offense may be considered by you
only as it may affect his believability as a witness and must not be considered by you as evidence
of his guilt of the offense with which he is charged.
Provenance
- Source
- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
- Content hash
016ce3708987cad2c8227827e04811a2481b34ae1fe9e76307560bec8c4bb442
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