VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 46.500
Obstruction—Free Passage of Others
The defendant is charged with the crime of obstructing free passage of others. The
Commonwealth must prove beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following elements of that
crime:
(1) That the location was [a public place; private property open to the public]; and
(2) That the defendant unreasonably or unnecessarily obstructed the free passage of other
persons to, from, or within such [place; property]; and
(3) That the defendant had been requested to cease such obstruction or to move on; and
(4) That the request was made by [a duly authorized law enforcement officer; the owner or his agent
or employee; the lessee or his agent or employee]; and
(5) That the defendant failed or refused to cease any such obstruction or to move on.
If you find from the evidence that the Commonwealth has proved beyond a reasonable doubt
each of the above elements of the crime as charged, 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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