VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 46.420
Unlawful Assembly—Definition
Whenever three or more persons, gathered together, share the common intent to advance some
purpose, whether lawful or unlawful, by the commission of an act or acts of unlawful force or
violence likely to jeopardize seriously public safety, peace, or order, and the assembly actually
tends to create in persons of ordinary courage a well-grounded fear of serious and immediate
breaches of public safety, peace, or order, then the gathering together is an unlawful assembly.
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
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