VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 42.500
Prisoner—Injuries to Non-Prisoner
The defendant is charged with the crime of injuring another person while the defendant was a
prisoner in a state or local correctional facility. The Commonwealth must prove beyond a
reasonable doubt each of the following elements of that crime:
(1) That the defendant was [a prisoner in (name correctional facility as defined in Va. Code Ann. §
53.1-1); an inmate of (name correctional facility); in the custody of an employee of (name correctional
facility)]; and
(2) That the defendant injured [an employee of (name correctional facility); a person lawfully
admitted to such institution; a person supervising or working with prisoners]; and
(3) That the injury was inflicted knowingly and willfully.
If you find from the evidence that the Commonwealth has proved beyond a reasonable doubt
each of the above elements of the crime, 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 any one or
more 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
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