WPIC 5.06 Prior Conviction—Impeachment—Witness
11 WAPRAC WPIC 5.06Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
11 Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 5.06 (5th Ed)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
January 2024 Update
Part II. Evidence and Guides for Its Consideration
WPIC CHAPTER 5. General Principles of Evidence
WPIC 5.06 Prior Conviction—Impeachment—Witness
You may consider evidence that a witness has been convicted of a crime only in deciding what weight or credibility to give to the testimony of the witness. You may not consider it for any other purpose. Any discussion of the evidence during your deliberations must be consistent with this limitation.
NOTE ON USE
Use this instruction when the prior conviction of a witness other than the defendant has been introduced for impeachment purposes. When prior convictions of a defendant are involved, use WPIC 5.05 (Prior Conviction—Impeachment—Defendant).
COMMENT
ER 609.
When evidence of prior crimes is admitted under ER 609(a) for the purpose of impeaching the credibility of a witness, an instruction should be given that the conviction is admissible only on the issue of the witness's credibility.
For further discussion, see Comment to WPIC 5.05 (Prior Conviction—Impeachment Defendant).
The law that is the basis for WPIC 5.06 is covered in detail in Tegland, 5A Washington Practice: Evidence Law and Practice, sections 609.1 to 609.19 (6th ed.).
[Current as of December 2018.]
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