VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 48.680
Consent
Consent by (name of person) is an absolute bar to conviction of (name of sexual assault crime). If,
after consideration of all the evidence, you have a reasonable doubt as to whether (name of person)
consented to (name of sexual assault crime) with the defendant, then you shall find him 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
ed9969d1418be7daee0fd45ffd973a0d83064dd36c82a9c01986de402e56de1a
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