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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 109

General Pattern Instruction - Lesser-Included Offenses

activein force · 2012-06-30 – presentas-observed

If you find that the State did not prove any one of the elements of the crime charged, then

you must find [name of defendant] not guilty of that crime. You will then proceed with your

deliberations to decide whether the State has proved beyond a reasonable doubt all of the

elements of the lesser crime of __________________ [specify lesser crime].

If you find beyond a reasonable doubt from the evidence in this case that:

1. On or about [date of offense], in ________________ County;

2. [Elements of lesser crime];

3. [Elements of lesser crime]; and

4. [Elements of lesser crime],

then you shall find [name of defendant] guilty of __________________ [specify lesser crime].

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 _________________ [specify lesser crime].

History

Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 109 (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: f82b673f46a10e567b0f61054bedb2066cbe964443387568c4911e79eef0c499

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