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Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 2.510
Failure to Record Custodial Interrogation to be Considered in Weighing the Evidence
The failure of law enforcement to record a custodial interrogation that occurred at a place of
detention is a circumstance you may consider, along with other evidence, in determining the
weight you give to statements made by the defendant.
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
003ec7a9205f04e0920f27ad6859f98c57f99f2c4b8337c42b5a4c725356bd28
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