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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2630
Aggravated Assault - Intentionally Causing Injury to a Person With a Deadly Weapon
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with aggravated assault.
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] [intentionally/knowingly/purposely] and unlawfully [injured/caused
bodily injury to] [name of victim] by using a deadly weapon to
___________________________________ [describe defendant’s alleged actions],
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 2630 (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
a669b2811f51f63b1e1bbcf2cab294b73c6fbdae219f8887437ce7d50db18cfe
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