VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 2.200
Character of Defendant
You may consider the character of the defendant when proven by the evidence, whether good
or bad, along with the other facts and circumstances in the case in determining the defendant's
guilt or innocence.
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
79a78f082caf445d3916cadf42dbb6635955d8c21d5a282d5bf9c86fb1dd4dbd
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