US-CA6 · jury_instructions
6th Cir. Pattern Crim. Jury Instr. 7.13
OTHER ACTS OF DEFENDANT
(1) You have heard testimony that the defendant committed [crimes, acts, wrongs] other than the ones charged in the indictment. If you find the defendant did those [crimes, acts, wrongs], you can consider the evidence only as it relates to the government’s claim on the defendant’s [intent] [motive] [opportunity] [preparation] [plan] [knowledge] [identity] [absence of mistake] [absence of accident]. You must not consider it for any other purpose.
(2) Remember that the defendant is on trial here only for _______, not for the other acts. Do not return a guilty verdict unless the government proves the crime charged in the indictment beyond a reasonable doubt.
Use Note
This instruction should be used when evidence of other acts has been admitted for an appropriate purpose under Fed.R.Evid. 404(b). In identifying the purposes for which the evidence may be used, the instruction should name only the purpose or purposes actually in issue. The instruction facilitates this by bracketing each of the purposes separately.
This instruction should be given when the evidence is introduced and at the end of the case as well.
Provenance
- Source
- ca6.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-19
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
- Content hash
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