Maine Jury Instruction Manual
CHAPTER 6 REPRESENTATIVE CRIMINAL INSTRUCTIONS
§ 6-15A Flight to Avoid Prosecution. Instruction.
Members of the jury:
There is an issue in this trial as to whether [the defendant] [traveled from [ __________ ] to [ __________ ]] [drove away from __________ at a high speed] with a purpose to avoid arrest or prosecution. You heard evidence related to this issue. If proven, [travelling from one location to another location] [leaving__________ at a high speed] with a purpose to avoid arrest or prosecution may be considered by you as evidence of consciousness of guilt. You are not required to draw such an inference. It is up to you, as the jury, to decide what weight or effect, if any, should be given to any evidence concerning [the defendant’s] [travelling from one place to another] [leaving __________ at a high speed].
In your consideration of the evidence of [ __________ ], you should consider that there may be reasons for [defendant’s] actions that are fully consistent with innocence.
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