Français
Note: Specimen jury instructions serve as a template that trial judges must adapt to the particular circumstances of each trial, not simply read out in whole. They are not designed to be delivered "as-is." More information about the use of specimen instructions is found in the Preface and A Note to Users, which you can find here.
Print

7.12A Non-hearsay Purpose

(Last revised March 2011)

[1]              You have heard evidence of what (NOD) said outside the courtroom. This evidence is not admitted for the truth of what was said because s/he is not here for you to see and be cross-examined.

[2]              The evidence is admissible to explain (specify, e.g., why the witness did, say, or thought something).