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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

General Matters

1.17  Instruction—Audio Recordings for Multilingual Jurors

You are about to hear an audio recording in [language used] that has been translated into English [by the court-appointed interpreter]. [Each of you has been given a transcript of the audio recording.] Although some of you may understand [language used], it is important that all jurors consider the same evidence. Therefore, you must accept the English translation of the audio recording [and contained in the transcript] and disregard any different meaning. Although you must defer to the interpreter's translation, it is up to you to judge the believability of the evidence and what weight to give it, just as you would for any evidence in the case.