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  "full_text": "Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 765 Filed 08/10/22 Page 72 of 95 2810 LCIAMAX2ps\n1 I can read the full instruction.\n2 THE COURT: And the proposal is to include it where?\n3 MR. VERDELL: In instruction 44, in the credibility of witnesses.\n4\n5 THE COURT: Right. Where?\n6 MR. VERDELL: I think it could be either after the second paragraph, before the third paragraph, or after the third paragraph, which goes on to the next page before the first full paragraph on that page.\n7\n8\n9\n10 THE COURT: OK.\n11 MR. VERDELL: I'm happy to read it if you like, or you can just -- it's up to the Court.\n12\n13 THE COURT: I don't have it yet. So go ahead.\n14 MR. VERDELL: OK. So the way it reads in Sand is,\n15 \"You have heard the testimony of a witness who was previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year in jail. This prior conviction was put into evidence for you to consider in evaluating the witness's credibility. You may consider that fact -- you may consider the fact that the witness who testified is a convicted felon in deciding how much of his\" -- I think maybe \"his or her testimony to accept and what weight if any it should be given.\"\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23 MR. ROHRBACH: Your Honor, we're not familiar with this instruction being given in this district, and obviously witnesses with felony convictions testify regularly. The\n24\n25 SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300",
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      "content": "1 I can read the full instruction.\n2 THE COURT: And the proposal is to include it where?\n3 MR. VERDELL: In instruction 44, in the credibility of witnesses.\n4\n5 THE COURT: Right. Where?\n6 MR. VERDELL: I think it could be either after the second paragraph, before the third paragraph, or after the third paragraph, which goes on to the next page before the first full paragraph on that page.\n7\n8\n9\n10 THE COURT: OK.\n11 MR. VERDELL: I'm happy to read it if you like, or you can just -- it's up to the Court.\n12\n13 THE COURT: I don't have it yet. So go ahead.\n14 MR. VERDELL: OK. So the way it reads in Sand is,\n15 \"You have heard the testimony of a witness who was previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year in jail. This prior conviction was put into evidence for you to consider in evaluating the witness's credibility. You may consider that fact -- you may consider the fact that the witness who testified is a convicted felon in deciding how much of his\" -- I think maybe \"his or her testimony to accept and what weight if any it should be given.\"\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23 MR. ROHRBACH: Your Honor, we're not familiar with this instruction being given in this district, and obviously witnesses with felony convictions testify regularly. The",
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