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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 5917310" data-attributes="member: 48469">And the jury must find that Trump committed a crime.Jury instructions I&#039;m seeing on CNN&#039;s site:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-05-29-24/index.html[/URL]<hr /><h2>Judge tells jurors that if they find a crime was committed, they must also find Trump committed the crime</h2>Judge Juan Merchan tells the jury that if they find a crime was committed, they must find that Donald Trump committed the crime.&quot;You cannot convict the defendant of that crime unless you’re also convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that he also committed that crime,&quot; the judge says.The DA might be seeing if he can ram through a guilty verdict with an NYC jury even though the judge has explicitly told them that they can&#039;t convict based on Cohen&#039;s testimony alone. Not sure what other evidence would corroborate his testimony.<hr /><h2>Jury can consider if a witness has an interest in the outcome of the case, judge says</h2>Judge Juan Merchan continues to give the jury instructions and is now speaking to witness credibility.He tells the jury they can consider whether a witness hopes or expects to receive a benefit related to the trial or if they have an interest in the outcome of the case.&quot;You are not required to reject the testimony of an interested witness or to accept the testimony of a witness who has no interest in the outcome of a case,&quot; Merchan says.<h2>Jury cannot convict Trump on Cohen&#039;s testimony alone because he&#039;s an accomplice, judge says</h2>Judge Juan Merchan says the jury cannot convict Trump on the testimony of Michael Cohen alone because he is an accomplice, but they can use it if they corroborate it with other evidence.&quot;Under our law Michael Cohen is an accomplice,&quot; Merchan says.&quot;Even if you find the testimony of Michael Cohen to be believable, you may not convict the defendant solely upon that testimony unless you also find it’s corroborated by other evidence,&quot; he says.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 5917310, member: 48469"] And the jury must find that Trump committed a crime. Jury instructions I'm seeing on CNN's site: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-05-29-24/index.html[/URL] [HR][/HR] [HEADING=1][SIZE=5]Judge tells jurors that if they find a crime was committed, they must also find Trump committed the crime[/SIZE][/HEADING] Judge Juan Merchan tells the jury that if they find a crime was committed, they must find that Donald Trump committed the crime. "You cannot convict the defendant of that crime unless you’re also convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that he also committed that crime," the judge says. The DA might be seeing if he can ram through a guilty verdict with an NYC jury even though the judge has explicitly told them that they can't convict based on Cohen's testimony alone. Not sure what other evidence would corroborate his testimony. [HR][/HR] [HEADING=1][SIZE=5]Jury can consider if a witness has an interest in the outcome of the case, judge says[/SIZE][/HEADING] Judge Juan Merchan continues to give the jury instructions and is now speaking to witness credibility. He tells the jury they can consider whether a witness hopes or expects to receive a benefit related to the trial or if they have an interest in the outcome of the case. "You are not required to reject the testimony of an interested witness or to accept the testimony of a witness who has no interest in the outcome of a case," Merchan says. [HEADING=1][SIZE=5]Jury cannot convict Trump on Cohen's testimony alone because he's an accomplice, judge says[/SIZE][/HEADING] Judge Juan Merchan says the jury cannot convict Trump on the testimony of Michael Cohen alone because he is an accomplice, but they can use it if they corroborate it with other evidence. "Under our law Michael Cohen is an accomplice," Merchan says. "Even if you find the testimony of Michael Cohen to be believable, you may not convict the defendant solely upon that testimony unless you also find it’s corroborated by other evidence," he says. [/QUOTE]

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