VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 38.030
Unnecessary Delay After Arrest
An officer who makes an arrest [with a lawful warrant; without a warrant] has a legal duty to
bring the person he arrested before a judge or magistrate [without unnecessary delay; forthwith]. If
the officer fails to perform this duty, then he has falsely imprisoned the person he arrested even if
the arrest itself was lawful.
You may consider the circumstances that existed after the arrest and until the plaintiff was
brought before the judge or magistrate in deciding whether [there was an unnecessary delay; this
legal duty was complied with].
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
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