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Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 7.650
Communicating False Information
The defendant is charged with the crime of communicating false information about danger to
(describe building, structure or means of transportation). The Commonwealth must prove beyond a
reasonable doubt each of the following elements of that crime:
(1) That the defendant communicated by any means to another information as to the existence of
any danger of [bombing; burning; destruction; damage]; and
(2) That the thing which the defendant reported as endangered was a [place of assembly; building;
structure; means of transportation]; and
(3) That the defendant knew such information to be false.
If you find from the evidence that the Commonwealth has proved beyond a reasonable doubt
each of the above elements of the crime, then you shall find the defendant guilty [but you shall not
fix the punishment until your verdict has been returned and further evidence has been heard by
you].
If you find that the Commonwealth has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt any one or
more of the elements of the crime, then you shall find the defendant 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
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