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Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 29.320
Taking Indecent Liberties With Children by Person in Custodial or Supervisory Relationship
The defendant is charged with the crime of taking indecent liberties with a child with whom he
maintained a custodial or supervisory relationship. The Commonwealth must prove beyond a
reasonable doubt each of the following elements of that crime:
(1) That the defendant, with lascivious intent, knowingly and intentionally [proposed that the child
feel or fondle the sexual or genital parts of the defendant; proposed that the defendant feel or handle the
sexual or genital parts of the child; proposed to the child the performance of an act of sexual intercourse,
anal intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, or any act constituting an offense under Va. Code Ann.
§ 18.2-361; exposed [his; her] sexual or genital parts to the child; proposed to the child that the child
engage in [sexual intercourse; sodomy; fondling of sexual or genital parts with another person]; sexually
abused the child by (description of an act defined as sexual abuse in Va. Code § 18.2-67.10(6))]; and
(2) That the child was under the age of 18 at the time; and
(3) That the defendant was 18 or older at the time;
(4) That the defendant at the time maintained a custodial or supervisory relationship over (name of
child); and
(5) The defendant at the time was not married to (name of child).
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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