VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 53.180
Expert Witnesses
It is your responsibility to decide whether the defendant was insane at the time the crime was
committed. You are not required to accept the opinion of any expert witness as to whether the
defendant was sane or insane. You should give the testimony such consideration as you feel it is
entitled along with the other evidence in the case.
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
9762645be0742167e9883c9a9482a84653ecf7c66dea877a3a554c8ad5f7df03
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