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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351512</law_id><section_number>19.2-263.2</section_number><catch_line>Jury instructions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="54" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="19" identifier="15">Trial and Its Incidents</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="4">Trial by Jury</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A proposed jury instruction submitted by a <span class="dictionary">party</span>, which constitutes an accurate statement of the <span class="dictionary">law</span> applicable to the case, shall not be withheld from the jury solely for its nonconformance with model <span class="dictionary">jury instructions</span>.</p></section></text><history>1992, c. 522.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
