VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 21.360
Alcohol Concentration—0.08 or More “Per Se” Offense
You have received evidence of the amount of blood alcohol concentration of the defendant at
the time that a chemical test was administered. If at that time the concentration was 0.08 or more
in the defendant’s blood, you are permitted, but not required, to infer that the defendant had a
blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more at the time of the alleged offense.
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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