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Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 2.700
Duty of Jury in Fixing Punishment
You have found the defendant guilty of (name of offense). You should impose such punishment as
you feel is just under the evidence and within the instructions of the Court. You are not to concern
yourselves with what may happen afterwards.
(Effective July 1, 2021, an accused must request to be sentenced by a jury, by written pleading filed
at least 30 days prior to trial. Otherwise, an accused found guilty by the jury will be sentenced by the
court. Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-295(A). This instruction should only be used when such request has been
timely 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
901372b2b9196f3dcaae0ee9ea390b25fc93d12ccf2952327b1cde17d622e50b
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