VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 33.300
Inference of Second Degree Murder
Once the Commonwealth has proved there was an unlawful killing, then you may, but are not
required, to infer that there was malice and that the act was murder in the second degree unless,
from all the evidence, you have a reasonable doubt as to whether malice existed.
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
8ce27cd24a80ecc88c11599e90383f81d5136096c0dfc07e7e5308d196486142
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