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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2629
Aggravated Assault - Attempting to Cause Injury to a Person 65 Years Old or Older or a Vulnerable Adult With a Deadly Weapon
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with aggravated 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 [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 [injure/cause bodily injury to] [name of
victim], [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, “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.
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 2629 (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
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