VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 35.700
Obstruction—Resisting Execution of Legal Process
The defendant is charged with the crime of resisting or obstructing execution of legal process.
The Commonwealth must prove beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following elements of that
crime:
(1) That the defendant resisted or obstructed the execution of legal process, namely (describe the
kind of process resisted or obstructed); and
(2) That he did so by acting jointly or in combination with another person.
If you find from the evidence that the Commonwealth has proved beyond a reasonable doubt
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 the crime beyond a reasonable doubt,
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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