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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 1005
Selling a Schedule III, IV, or V Controlled Substance
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with
[selling/bartering/transferring/manufacturing/distributing/dispensing] ____________ [specify the
Schedule III, IV, or V controlled substance].
If you find beyond a reasonable doubt from the evidence in this case that:
1. On or about [date of alleged crime], in ____________ County;
2. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/knowingly] and unlawfully
[sold/bartered/transferred/manufactured/distributed/dispensed] __________ [specify weight] of
____________ [specify the Schedule III, IV, or V controlled substance] to [name of person],
then you shall find [name of defendant] guilty as charged.
If the State did not prove any one of the above listed elements beyond a reasonable doubt,
then you shall find [name of defendant] not guilty of count ____.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 1005 (current as of June 30, 2012). Submitted in 2012 by the Mississippi Model Jury Instructions Commission (created by the Supreme Court of Mississippi by order of December 30, 2008) and published by the Court on courts.ms.gov. The Court states that these model jury instructions have not been adopted or approved by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
- Content hash
237cda0f0b5157efa5614fa7755e04ebff921fa74f815f598b4bb31544da40ff
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