US-CA3 · jury_instructions
3d Cir. Model Jury Instr. (Criminal) 1.17
Separate Consideration – Multiple Defendants Charged with Different
Offenses
The defendants (names) are charged with different offenses. I will explain to you in
more detail shortly which defendants are charged with which offenses. Before I do that,
however, I want to emphasize several things.
The number of offenses charged is not evidence of guilt, and this should not influence
your decision in any way. Also, in our system of justice, guilt or innocence is personal and
individual. You must separately consider the evidence against each defendant on each
offense charged, and you must return a separate verdict for each defendant for each offense.
For each defendant and each offense, you must decide whether the government has proved
beyond a reasonable doubt that a particular defendant is guilty of a particular offense.
Your decision on any one defendant or any one offense, whether guilty or not guilty,
should not influence your decision on any of the other defendants or offenses. Each
defendant and each offense should be considered separately.
Provenance
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- 2026-08-19
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- 2026-08-19
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