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Vermont Model Criminal Jury Instructions
Vermont Model Criminal Jury Instructions
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  • Title 13
    • Assaults and Breaches of the Peace
    • Homicide
    • Kidnapping
    • Miscellaneous
    • Property Crimes
    • Sex Crimes
  • Title 18
    • Marijuana
    • Cocaine
    • LSD
    • Heroin
    • Fentanyl
    • Xylazine
    • Prescription Drugs
    • Permissive Inference of Drug Possession
    • Selling a Regulated Drug with Death Resulting
  • Title 23
    • DUI
    • DLS
    • Negligent Operation
    • Eluding a Police Officer
    • Operating Without Owner’s Consent
    • Leaving the Scene of an Accident
    • Excessive Speed
  • Fish and Wildlife
    • Illegal Taking of Game
    • Illegal Possession of Wildlife
    • Worrying a Moose
  • Miscellaneous
    • Speeding (Civil Violation; Judicial Bureau Appeal)
  • General Instructions
    • Preliminary Statements
    • Standard Instructions
    • Closing Remarks
    • Burden of Proof
    • Evidence
    • Mental Elements
    • Defenses
    • Definitions
    • Hung Juries

Miscellaneous

A number of miscellaneous offenses and substantive concepts from Title 13 are set forth below:

Animals, Children, and Vulnerable Adults

  • Cruelty to a Child
  • Cruelty to Animals
  • Abuse of a Vulnerable Adult
  • Financial Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult
  • Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor
  • Enabling Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor

Crimes Against Public Authority

  • Escape
  • False Information to a Police Officer
  • Hindering a Police Officer
  • Obstruction of Justice
  • Perjury and False Swearing
  • Resisting Arrest

False Alarms

  • False Alarm
  • False Public Alarm

Hate Crimes

  • Hate Crime

General Substantive Concepts

  • Identity
  • Alibi
  • Causation
  • Accomplice Liability
  • Abandonment of Criminal Enterprise
  • Aiding in Commission of a Felony
  • Accessory After the Fact
  • Endeavoring to Incite a Felony
  • Attempt
  • Habitual Criminal
  • Conspiracy
  • Motive
  • Territorial Jurisdiction

 

 

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