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Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 36.840
Willful Concealment—Permissible Inference
Proof of the willful concealment of goods or merchandise while still on the premises of a store is
a circumstance from which you may reasonably infer that the defendant intended to convert the
goods or merchandise and to defraud the owner of the value of the goods or merchandise, unless,
from all the evidence, you have a reasonable doubt as to whether such an intent 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
3bfd4b697e120871c45972e974c5baa80e5cb20181c35e7ecb68d1c36b600e13
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