VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 36.420
Receiving Stolen Goods—Supplemental Instructions
Knowledge that the goods were stolen need not be directly proved. It may be shown by
circumstances which, if proved, must have caused the defendant to believe the goods were stolen.
Evidence that the property was obtained at less than true value, standing alone, is not sufficient
to show that the defendant knew the goods were stolen.
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, unless, 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
- Content hash
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