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Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 2.720
Possible Verdicts
Under the charge against the defendant, you may return any one of the following verdicts,
which verdict must be unanimous:
(1) Not guilty; [or]
(2) Guilty [of murder in the first degree; or
(3) Guilty of murder in the second degree; or
(4) Guilty of voluntary manslaughter].
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
fb39aa5420e20c770ff4a13656042428637667cb69c6db8a8c2ab3ec4f4d9ec6
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