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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2613
Simple Assault - Negligently Injuring a Law Enforcement Officer or Other Official Using Other Means
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with simple assault on [a/an] ____________
[specify law enforcement officer or other official listed in § 97-3-7].
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] negligently and unlawfully [injured/caused bodily injury to] [name of
victim] by _____________________ [describe defendant’s alleged actions], which was likely to
kill or seriously injure [name of victim]; and
3. When [name of defendant] negligently and unlawfully [injured/caused bodily injury to] [name
of victim], [name of victim] was [a/an] ________________ [specify law enforcement officer or
other official listed in § 97-3-7] acting within the scope of [his/her] [duty/duties] as [a/an]
________________ [specify law enforcement officer or other official listed in § 97-3-7]; and
4. [Name of defendant] knew that [name of victim] was [a/an] __________________ [specify
law enforcement officer or other official listed in § 97-3-7] acting within the scope of [his/her]
[duty/duties] as [a/an] ________________ [specify law enforcement officer or other official
listed in § 97-3-7],
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 ___.
Definition(s) in this Instruction -
In this instruction, “negligently” means doing something that a reasonably careful person
would not do under similar circumstances or failing to do something that a reasonably careful
person would do under similar circumstances.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2613 (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
c37f41034949cbd5db03a21dd25178d223606d8cecbddf63cfeb51544a9327be
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