US-CA9 · jury_instructions
9th Cir. Model Jury Instr. (Criminal) 3.5
Character of Victim
You have heard evidence of specific instances of the victim’s character for [specify character trait]. You may consider this evidence in determining whether the victim acted in conformance with that character trait at the time of the offense charged against the defendant in this case. In deciding this case, you should consider the victim’s character evidence together with and in the same manner as all the other evidence in this case.
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- 2026-08-20
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- 2026-08-20
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