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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 202
Admissibility of Defendant’s Statement for Impeachment Purposes
You have heard evidence that the defendant made a statement out of court or before trial.
That statement cannot be considered as proof or evidence that the defendant is guilty of the crime
charged. That statement may only be used to consider the defendant’s truthfulness as a witness.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 202 (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
6dfa08cb682dc476dadd132b4d26878f2bcc9efba3565c510188421e87e50be2
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