VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 2.705
Parole
Any person sentenced to a term of incarceration for a felony offense shall not be eligible for
parole upon that sentence.
(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
717e458c68b402997c721794f8716829281e5d76b06dd1544da2e724fac6c314
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