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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2504
Aider and Abettor
A defendant’s guilt can be proven even though that defendant did not personally
commit the crime charged. The law recognizes that one person can tell or direct another person to
commit a crime, and that [he/she] will be guilty of that crime if and when it is committed by the
other person. This is called aiding and abetting. The fact that a person is present when a crime is
committed or knows that a crime is being committed is not enough evidence to prove beyond a
reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty as an aider or abettor of the crime charged. The
evidence must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant voluntarily and actively
participated in committing the crime. In order to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt, you must find that another person committed each and every element of the crime
charged, and that the defendant voluntarily aided and abetted in its commission intending to
violate the law.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2504 (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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