WPIC 5.10 Soliciting False Evidence or Suppression of Evidence—Defendant
11 WAPRAC WPIC 5.10Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
11 Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 5.10 (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 5.10 Soliciting False Evidence or Suppression of Evidence—Defendant
(The WPI Committee recommends that no instruction be given on this subject.)
COMMENT
A defendant's attempt to persuade a witness not to testify, or to tamper with other evidence, may be admissible as bearing on consciousness of guilt. See generally, Tegland, 5 Washington Practice, Evidence Law and Practice § 402.4 (6th ed.). An instruction on this subject, however, should not be given because it tends to single out or emphasize certain evidence.
[Current as of December 2018.]
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