{"id":569,"date":"2012-07-27T18:18:45","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T18:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/?page_id=569"},"modified":"2012-09-06T15:42:32","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T15:42:32","slug":"general-concepts-used-in-jury-charges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/?page_id=569","title":{"rendered":"Standard Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CR01-101.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtjuryinstructions.org\/criminal\/MS01-101.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Introduction to Jury Charge<\/a>\u00a0(06\/01\/07).\u00a0 This is a short, generic instruction that may be used to introduce the closing instructions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CR02-021.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtjuryinstructions.org\/criminal\/MS02-021.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Reading of\u00a0the Charge<\/a>\u00a0(05\/27\/03).\u00a0\u00a0 The instructions on the essential elements should begin with the reading of the charge.\u00a0 For the sake of clarity, the committee recommends focusing on the charge itself, and not on the underlying statute.\u00a0 The information controls.\u00a0 It is dangerous and confusing to read or paraphrase the statute, which often includes concepts that are not part of the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CR02-031.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtjuryinstructions.org\/criminal\/MS02-031.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Criminal Information is Not Evidence<\/a>\u00a0 (01\/10\/05)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CR02-051.\u00a0 &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtjuryinstructions.org\/criminal\/MS02-051.htm\" target=\"_blank\">On or About<\/a>&#8221; (05\/27\/03)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CR02-061.\u00a0 &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtjuryinstructions.org\/criminal\/MS02-061.htm\" target=\"_blank\">At or About<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0 (09\/05\/02).\u00a0\u00a0The court should give this instruction only if the location of the offense is a material issue in the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CR02-071.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtjuryinstructions.org\/criminal\/MS02-071.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Do Not Consider Delay<\/a>\u00a0 (05\/27\/03)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CR02-081.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtjuryinstructions.org\/criminal\/MS02-081.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Do Not Consider Consequences<\/a> (01\/04\/02)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CR02-101.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtjuryinstructions.org\/criminal\/MS02-101.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Rulings of Court<\/a>\u00a0 (06\/18\/03)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CR02-111.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtjuryinstructions.org\/criminal\/MS02-111.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Sympathy or Prejudice<\/a> (06\/09\/03)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CR02-121.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtjuryinstructions.org\/criminal\/MS02-121.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Important Case<\/a>\u00a0 (05\/27\/03)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CR01-101.\u00a0 Introduction to Jury Charge\u00a0(06\/01\/07).\u00a0 This is a short, generic instruction that may be used to introduce the closing instructions. CR02-021.\u00a0 Reading of\u00a0the Charge\u00a0(05\/27\/03).\u00a0\u00a0 The instructions on the essential elements should begin with the reading of the charge.\u00a0 For the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/?page_id=569\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":551,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-569","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":962,"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/569\/revisions\/962"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}