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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2606
Simple Assault - Recklessly Injuring a Person
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with simple assault.
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] recklessly and unlawfully [injured/caused bodily injury to] [name of
victim] by ___________________________________ [describe defendant’s alleged actions],
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 ___.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2606 (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
7cefc90ed8c2f602bac48242177b674d1dea2ab18c88db5761f66552196f6eeb
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