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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2617

Simple Assault - Attempting to Injure a Person 65 Years Old or Older or a Vulnerable Adult by Physical Act or Threat

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

[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with simple assault on a person 65 years old

or older or a vulnerable adult.

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] unlawfully attempted to make [name of victim] fear

[immediate/imminent] serious bodily injury by ________________________ [describe

defendant’s alleged actions]; and

3. When [name of defendant] unlawfully attempted to make [name of victim] fear

[immediate/imminent] serious bodily injury, [name of victim] was 65 years old or older or a

vulnerable adult,

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, “vulnerable adult” means that [he/she] is not able to lead a normal

daily life or is not able to take care of [himself/herself] or protect [himself/herself] from abuse or

neglect due to a mental, emotional, physical, or developmental state, or as a result of brain

damage, or as a result of aging.

History

Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2617 (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: cdfb221d7deb9a7f63b2f1da285e97ac16f2a63ae946db32fe702c22271b0194

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