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14-5012. Transcript testimony; weight.1

            Testimony given by a witness at a [preliminary hearing]2 [deposition] [previous trial] [has been read to you from the reporter's transcript of that proceeding]3 [has been presented by tape recording]. You are to give such testimony the same consideration as the testimony of witnesses who have testified here in court.

 

USE NOTES

            1.         This instruction shall be used only when the prior testimony has been admitted as substantive evidence, not when it is admitted solely for impeachment or as a prior consistent statement.

            2.         Use applicable description of source of prior testimony.

            3.         Use applicable type of presentation.

 You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.