VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 47.150
Definition of “Serious Bodily Injury”
“Serious bodily injury” means bodily injury that involves a substantial risk of death, extreme
physical pain, obvious disfigurement that lasts for a long time, or loss or impairment of the function
of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty that lasts for a long time.
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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