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Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 2.710
Parole—Age
Any person sentenced to a term of incarceration for a felony offense (i) who has reached the
age of sixty-five or older and who has served at least five years of the sentence imposed, or (ii)
who has reached the age of sixty or older and who has served at least ten years of the sentence
imposed may petition the Parole Board for conditional release.
(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
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