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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 1015
Attempting to Manufacture or Distribute Precursors Knowing of Their Use
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with attempting to manufacture or distribute
two (2) or more precursor drugs or chemicals knowing or under circumstances where [name of
defendant] reasonably should have known that the precursor chemicals or drugs would be used to
manufacture a 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 attempted to
[manufacture/distribute] two (2) or more precursor chemicals or drugs, specifically
___________________ [specify the precursor chemicals or drugs listed in § 41-29-313],
knowing or under circumstances where [name of defendant] reasonably should have known, that
the precursor chemicals or drugs would be used to manufacture a controlled substance,
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 ___.
Definition(s) in this Instruction:
In this instruction, “precursor chemical or drug” means a chemical or drug that, in
addition to legal uses, may be used to manufacture a controlled substance.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 1015 (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
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