In deciding what testimony to believe, consider the witnesses' intelligence, their opportunity to have seen or heard the things they testify about, their memories, any motives they may have for testifying a certain way, their manner while testifying, whether they said something different at an earlier time, the general reasonableness of their testimony and the extent to which their testimony is consistent with other evidence that you believe. Do not allow sympathy or prejudice to influence you. The law demands of you a just verdict, unaffected by anything except the evidence, your common sense, and the law as I give it to you. Certain things are not evidence. Objections are not evidence.
Lawyers have a right to object when they believe something is improper.
You should not be influenced by the objection. If I sustain an objection to a question, you must ignore the question and must not try to guess what the answer might have been. Testimony that I strike from the record, or tell you to disregard, is not evidence and must not be considered. Anything you see or hear about this case outside the courtroom is not evidence, unless I specifically tell you otherwise during the trial. Furthermore, a particular item of evidence is sometimes received for a limited purpose only.