VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 21.370
Drug Concentration—“Per Se” Offense
You have received evidence of the concentration 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 concentration 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 had a [cocaine;
methamphetamine; phencyclidine; 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine] concentration 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] 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
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