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Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 21.425
Evidence of Refusal to Submit to Blood or Breath Test
Evidence that the defendant unreasonably refused to submit to a blood or breath test to
determine the [alcohol; drug] content of his blood is offered solely to explain the absence of a
chemical test and shall not be considered by you as evidence of the defendant’s guilt in this case.
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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