VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 44.800
Age Element
In this case, [the age of (name of person) at the time of the alleged sexual intercourse; the age(s) of
(name of person) and the defendant at the time of the alleged sexual intercourse] is an essential element
of the crime. In your consideration of this, the actual date of birth is controlling.
Even if the defendant did not know the actual age of (name of person), for any reason at all, that
is not a defense to this charge.
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
8829ce44e906ee50666273eb98f925dbe60bce58e5f120925bc68c8711d2a369
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