VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 8.140
Attempt—Direct Act
The direct act required to be proved in an attempted crime is an act which shows a present
intention to commit the crime. The act need not be the last act prior to the actual commission of
the crime, but it must be more than mere preparation.
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
70fd399ded533e503d07fae7b1ab39b6fae657921bd54e7181073306fac8a7f6
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