US-CA6 · jury_instructions
6th Cir. Pattern Crim. Jury Instr. 7.05A
IMPEACHMENT OF DEFENDANT BY PRIOR CONVICTION
(1) You have heard that before this trial the defendant was convicted of a crime.
(2) This earlier conviction was brought to your attention only as one way of helping you decide how believable his testimony was. You cannot use it for any other purpose. It is not evidence that he is guilty of the crime that he is on trial for now.
Use Note
This instruction should not be given if evidence of other crimes has been admitted for one of the approved purposes under Fed. R. Evid. 404(b). Instead, the jury should be specifically instructed on the purpose for which the evidence was admitted. See Instruction 7.13.
Provenance
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- 2026-08-19
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