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Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 8.180
Attempt—Impossibility
It is no defense that it was impossible for the defendant to have committed the intended crime
because of facts or circumstances unknown to him. It is sufficient if the defendant’s actions would
have resulted in the completed crime if the facts or circumstances had been as he believed them to
be.
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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