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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 106
Jury’s Verdict - Unanimous Verdict
The jury’s verdict must be the considered judgment of each juror. In order to return a
verdict, all 12 of you must agree on the verdict to find the defendant guilty as charged. It is your
duty as jurors to talk with one another, to carefully consider the evidence, and to deliberate this
case with the intention of returning a verdict if you can do so without harming your individual
judgment. You should try to agree on a verdict if you can.
Each of you must decide the case for yourself, but only after you have impartially
considered the evidence with your fellow jurors. During your deliberations, do not hesitate to
reexamine your own views and change your opinion if you are convinced that it is wrong. But do
not surrender your honest beliefs as to the weight or effect of the evidence only because of your
fellow jurors’ opinions or for the mere purpose of returning a verdict.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 106 (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
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