West Virginia
Code: Crimes and Their Punishment
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Judge's Charge
to the Jury
Jury Instructions
on the Elements of Crimes
In these "standard jury instructions" you will find model
statements used by West Virginia judges as they explain to a jury
the required "elements" of the crime which must be established
by the prosecution. The jury instructions are accompanied by applicable
provisions of the West Virginia Code and West Virginia cases.
[Unlawful
Killing] [Malice
] [Premeditation
] [Deliberation
] [Specific
Intent to Kill] [Motive]
[Felony-Murder]
[Provocation]
[Self-Defense]
[Sanity]
[Diminished
Capacity-Intoxication] [Crimes
Against Children] [Conspiracy
to Commit an Offense] [Accomplice] [Aiding & Abetting]
[Accessory
Before the Fact] [Reasonable
Doubt and Presumption of Innocence]
Revised West Virginia Jury Instructions Project
Professor James R. Elkins & Students, College of Law, West Virginia University
West Virginia Code, Cases, & Jury Instructions 