VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 35.450
Calling or Summoning Emergency Medical Services Vehicle or Firefighting Apparatus Without Just Cause
The defendant is charged with the crime of [calling; summoning] [an emergency medical services
vehicle; firefighting apparatus] without just cause. The Commonwealth must prove beyond a
reasonable doubt each of the following elements of the crime:
(1) That the defendant [called; summoned] [an emergency medical services vehicle; firefighting
apparatus]; and
(2) That the defendant did not have just cause for [calling; summoning] such [emergency medical
services vehicle; firefighting apparatus].
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 either or
both 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
a37599a8738e86f0bba2608f360313a3fe700c8ccf87ad7a6e69274d0ad8b2a0
The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.
Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.