{"id":1879,"date":"2026-10-16T20:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2026-10-16T20:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:06:25","slug":"beyond-a-reasonable-doubt-vapo-and-lewdness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/?p=1879","title":{"rendered":"Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, VAPO, and Lewdness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>October 1, 2026:<\/strong> The Committee has revised the <a href=\"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/?page_id=576\">reporter&#8217;s note for the &#8220;beyond a reasonable doubt&#8221; instruction<\/a> to include a reference to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">State v. Kolts<\/span>, 2026 VT 10, \u00b6 21; the instruction and note for <a href=\"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/?page_id=711\">violation of abuse prevention order (VAPO)<\/a> to maintain consistency with the statute regarding the &#8220;notice&#8221; element; and the <a href=\"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/?page_id=791\">lewdness instruction<\/a> to remove references to &#8220;lasciviousness.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 1, 2026: The Committee has revised the reporter&#8217;s note for the &#8220;beyond a reasonable doubt&#8221; instruction to include a reference to State v. Kolts, 2026 VT 10, \u00b6 21; the instruction and note for violation of abuse prevention order &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/?p=1879\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1880,"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879\/revisions\/1880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}