VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 44.700
Defense of Consent
Consent by (name of person) is an absolute bar to conviction of rape. If, after consideration of
all the evidence, you have a reasonable doubt as to whether (name of person) consented to have
intercourse with the defendant, 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
bdc458901d81b68656971b36aea563b770c51b5f7b78badea873c1cc123e6418
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