Certain things are not evidence. I will list them for you. First, testimony and exhibits that I struck from the record, or that I told you to disregard, are not evidence and must not be considered. Second, anything that you may have seen or heard outside the courtroom is not evidence and must be entirely disregarded. Third, questions and objections by the lawyers are not evidence.
Attorneys have a duty to object when they believe a question is improper.
You should not be influenced by any objection or by my ruling on it. Fourth, the lawyers' statements and arguments to you are not evidence. The purposes of these statements and arguments is to discuss the issues and the evidence. If the evidence as you remember it is different from what the lawyers said, your memory is what counts. Direct evidence is direct proof of a fact, such as testimony by a witness about what that witness personally saw or heard or did.