US-CA5 · jury_instructions
5th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 1.11
IMPEACHMENT BY PRIOR INCONSISTENCIES
The testimony of a witness may be discredited by showing that the witness testified falsely,
or by evidence that at some other time the witness said or did something, or failed to say or do
something, which is inconsistent with the testimony the witness gave at this trial.
Earlier statements of a witness were not admitted in evidence to prove that the contents of
those statements are true. You may not consider the earlier statements to prove that the content of
an earlier statement is true; you may only use earlier statements to determine whether you think
the earlier statements are consistent or inconsistent with the trial testimony of the witness and
therefore whether they affect the credibility of that witness.
If you believe that a witness has been discredited in this manner, it is your exclusive right
to give the testimony of that witness whatever weight you think it deserves.
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- 2026-08-19
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- 2026-08-19
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