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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2619
Aggravated Assault - Attempting to Seriously Injure a Law Enforcement Officer or Other Official
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with aggravated 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] unlawfully attempted to [seriously injure/cause serious bodily injury to]
[name of victim] by ______________________ [describe defendant’s alleged actions]; and
3. When [name of defendant] unlawfully attempted to [seriously injure/cause serious 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 _____.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2619 (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
41add8dbd5a6c9803a422e208451b8ed0e0607f281762460b825659a4225d861
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