US-CA3 · jury_instructions
3d Cir. Model Jury Instr. (Criminal) 3.15
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 offense and each defendant should be considered separately.
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- 2026-08-19
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- 2026-08-19
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