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CIVJIG 12.25 Impeachment

Guidelines for impeachment

[1. You may consider what the witness did or said in the past, if it is not consistent with what he or she is saying now.

If what was said in the past was not under oath, use it only to decide the truth or weight of what the witness is saying now.

If it was under oath, or the witness is a party in this case (or an agent for one of the parties), then use it to decide the issues in this case and the truth and weight of what the witness is saying now.]

[2. You may consider whether the witness has been convicted of a crime. You may consider whether the kind of crime makes it more likely that he or she is not telling the truth.]

[3. You may consider a witness's reputation for truthfulness.]