VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 18.850
Deadly Weapon—Definition
A deadly weapon is any object or instrument, not part of the human body, that is likely to cause
death or great bodily injury because of the manner of its use and under the circumstances in which
it is used.
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
cffa641eccbae2bcfcf6778661a7da0f90a70dcd4615ccb229a6734ba8fdbb1f
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