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Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 12.510
Inference of Criminal Intent
When the defendant unlawfully enters [a dwelling house; an adjoining, occupied outhouse; an
office; a shop; a manufactured home; a storehouse; a warehouse; a banking house; a house; a ship; a
vessel; a river craft; a railroad car; an automobile used as a dwelling; a truck used as a dwelling; a
trailer used as a dwelling; a building permanently affixed to realty], you may infer that the entry was
made with criminal intent. The specific criminal intent with which such entry is made may be
inferred from the surrounding facts and circumstances, unless, from all the evidence, you have a
reasonable doubt as to whether the defendant had such specific criminal intent.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Criminal, Release 26, October 2025. 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
- crim-2025-10-01
- Content hash
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