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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2628
Aggravated Assault - Attempting to Injure a Law Enforcement Officer or Other Official With a Deadly Weapon
[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 [injure/cause bodily injury to] [name of victim]
by using a deadly weapon to ______________________ [describe defendant’s alleged actions];
and
3. When [name of defendant] unlawfully attempted to cause 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, “deadly weapon” means an object, article, or means which, when used
as a weapon under the existing circumstances, is reasonably capable or likely to produce death or
serious bodily harm to another person.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2628 (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
50f31db28a12454163fb2a7ae60cdf4570dcd1dfbc0eee71d18c7adb56330211
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