VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 2.220
Verdict Not to Be Based on Sympathy, Bias, Guesswork, or Speculation
You must not base your verdict in any way upon sympathy, bias, guesswork, or speculation.
Your verdict must be based solely upon the evidence and instructions of the court.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Civil, Release 26, April 2026. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- civ-2026-04-01
- Content hash
94602146e633aa1ce6f488e93e464eddb4f8b996188917a950d74406ab502dc0
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