VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 52.200
Claim of Right
If you believe the defendant [took the property he is charged with stealing; converted to his own
use the property he is charged with embezzling; took the property in the robbery with which he is
charged; engaged in (name criminal activity)] under a belief that he had a good faith claim of right to
[take it; engage in that activity], then, even though his belief was mistaken, you shall find the
defendant not guilty of [larceny; larceny by embezzlement; robbery; (name criminal activity)].
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
2ef0423194ffbf8a94b7552db815b9802899dc3b76ea753768ae4981a294ab18
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