Sample Instruction: Preliminary Fact – Whether A Prior Crime Offered For Impeachment Bears On Truthfulness (North Carolina)

You may consider this evidence for one purpose only. Again, if, considering the nature of the crime, you believe that it bears on truthfulness, then you may consider it together with all other facts and circumstances bearing upon the witnesses' truthfulness.

Source: Approved in  State v. Riley, (N.C. Ct. App., NO. COA09-643, Feb. 2, 2010).

For subscription based briefing and sample instructions on this and related issues see:

Forecite National™
27.3.2 - Prior Conviction Of Defendant
The Shellow Instructions
Prior Convictions To Impeach Defendant's Credibility: Limiting Instruction
Forecite California™
F 2.23a Defendant’s Testimony: Impeachment By Prior Conviction