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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2648
Simple Domestic Violence - Negligently Injured a Person by Using Other Means
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ____ with simple domestic violence.
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] negligently and unlawfully injured [name of victim] by
___________________________________ [describe defendant’s alleged actions], which was
likely to kill or seriously injure __________ [name of victim]; and
3. When [name of defendant] negligently and unlawfully injured [name of victim], [name of
victim] was [his/her/a/the] ___________________________ [specify relationship of victim
listed in § 97-3-7(3)],
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, “negligently” means doing something that a reasonably careful person
would not do under similar circumstances or failing to do something that a reasonably careful
person would do under similar circumstances.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2648 (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
9b802952adb62f3a6e31725788daf52616e9e9fa25c48fc01b81d63ffad20c3c
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