VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 30.300
Uttering
The defendant is charged with the crime of uttering a forged writing. The Commonwealth must
prove beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following elements of that crime:
(1) That the defendant did, directly or indirectly, attempt to use a forged (describe writing);
(2) Asserted by word or act that the forged (describe writing) was good and valid or true;
(3) With intent to defraud;
(4) Knowing the writing was forged.
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 his punishment until the 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
- Content hash
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