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Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 48.660
Sexual Abuse—Definition
Sexual abuse means an act committed with the intent to sexually molest, arouse, or gratify any
person, where the defendant intentionally touches the complaining witness’s intimate parts or
material directly covering such intimate parts.
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
bfe63f7549a37811c23c3d88c6b089d9c9cc7d9a4612e725f13ddc36b6f38486
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