US-CA3 · jury_instructions
3d Cir. Model Jury Instr. (Criminal) 4.39
Defendant’s Character Evidence
You have heard (reputation)(opinion)(reputation and opinion) evidence
about whether the defendant has a character trait for (name trait, such as
truthfulness, peacefulness, honesty, being a law-abiding citizen, etc.).
You should consider this character evidence together with and in the
same way as all the other evidence in the case in deciding whether the
government has proved the charge(s) beyond a reasonable doubt.
Provenance
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- ca3.uscourts.gov
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- 2026-08-19
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- 2026-08-19
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