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Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 52.520
Right to Arm
A person who reasonably believes that another intends to attack him for the purpose of killing
him or doing him serious bodily harm has a right to arm himself for his own necessary self-protection. In such a case, no inference of malice can be drawn from the fact that he armed
himself.
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
34036170ba99af1344e2d065d781e459a8b4b68963b1b6754e62bede44068f20
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