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Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 21.350
Drug Concentration—Not “Per Se” Offense
You have received evidence of the amount of [cocaine; methamphetamine; phencyclidine; 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine] in the blood of the defendant at the time that a chemical test was
administered. If at that time the amount was equal to or greater than [0.02 milligrams of cocaine
per liter of blood; 0.1 milligrams of methamphetamine per liter of blood; 0.01 milligrams of
phencyclidine per liter of blood; 0.1 milligrams of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine per liter of
blood] you are permitted, but not required, to infer that the defendant was under the influence of
drugs at the time of the alleged offense to a degree which impaired his ability to drive or operate
any motor vehicle safely.
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
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