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Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 2.580
Prior Inconsistent Statement of Defendant
If you believe from the evidence that the defendant previously made a statement inconsistent
with his testimony at this trial, that previous statement may be considered by you as proof that
what the defendant previously said is true.
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
c3a70cd7169930ca3485e25379b1b96df59accb043f4200ea94e71318f8f4109
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