US-CA5 · jury_instructions
5th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 1.29
CONFESSION—STATEMENT—VOLUNTARINESS
(MULTIPLE DEFENDANTS)
In determining whether any statement, claimed to have been made by a defendant outside
of court and after an alleged crime was committed, was knowingly and voluntarily made, you
should consider the evidence concerning such a statement with caution and great care. You should
give such weight to the statement as you feel it deserves under all the circumstances.
You may consider in that regard such factors as the age, sex, training, education,
occupation, and physical and mental condition of the defendant, his [her] treatment while under
interrogation, and all the other circumstances in evidence surrounding the making of the statement.
Any such statement should not be considered in any way whatsoever as evidence with
respect to any other defendant on trial.
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- 2026-08-19
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