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Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 24.100
Extortion—General
The defendant is charged with the crime of extortion. The Commonwealth must prove beyond a
reasonable doubt each of the following elements of that crime:
(1) That the defendant [made a threat of injury to the (person; character; property) of another; accused
another person of any offense; threatened to report another person as being illegally present in the United
States; or knowingly destroyed, concealed, removed, confiscated, withheld, or threatened to withhold,
an actual or purported passport or immigration document of another]; and
(2) That such [threat; accusation; action] caused the person [threatened; accused; affected] or any
other person to part with [money; property; a pecuniary benefit; a note; a bond; other evidence of
debt]; and
(3) That the [money; property; pecuniary benefit; note; bond; other evidence of debt] was given by the
person [threatened; accused; affected] or any other person [to the defendant; to someone designated by
the defendant].
If you find from the evidence that the Commonwealth has proved beyond a reasonable doubt
each of the above elements of the crime as charged, then you shall find the defendant guilty [but
you shall not fix the punishment until your verdict has been returned and further evidence has been heard
by you].
If you find that the Commonwealth has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt any one or
more of the elements of the crime, then you shall find the defendant not guilty.
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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