VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 36.410
Receiving Stolen Goods—Possession Inference
If you believe from the evidence that the (describe goods) were previously stolen from (name
person) by some other person, then proof of the exclusive possession by the defendant of the
recently stolen (describe goods) is a circumstance from which you may reasonably infer that the
defendant received the (describe goods) knowing them to have been stolen and that he received
them with dishonest intent. You may not so infer if from all of the evidence, you have a reasonable
doubt as to whether the defendant received the (describe goods) knowing them to be stolen or
whether he received them with dishonest intent.
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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