VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 2.550
Statement of the Defendant
The statements presented to you as having been made by the defendant are submitted for your
consideration along with all the other evidence. The weight, value, credibility, and reliability of
those statements are questions for your determination.
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
e602f7b80eb77927c24cb9e2ae5ae0b76f189bf1c95f4dbf60eb8f708a1eb606
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