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Vermont Model Criminal Jury Instructions CR05-261
IMPEACHMENT BY BAD REPUTATION FOR TELLING TRUTH
A witness’s testimony may be discredited by evidence that the witness has a reputation for not telling the truth, in the community where the witness now resides or has recently resided. If you find that a witness’s testimony has been called into question, you may consider the evidence of the witness’s reputation in deciding how much weight to give the witness’s testimony.
History
Vermont Model Criminal Jury Instructions CR05-261 (01/04/02). Prepared by the Vermont Model Criminal Jury Instructions committee; published on vtjuryinstructions.org, sponsored by the Vermont Bar Association. The committee states that the instructions have not been approved by the Vermont Supreme Court.
Provenance
- Source
- vtjuryinstructions.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
- Content hash
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