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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2651
Simple Domestic Violence - Attempted by a Physical Act or Threat to Make a Person Fear Serious Injury - Third Offense
[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] unlawfully attempted to make [name of victim] fear
[immediate/imminent] serious bodily injury by ___________________________________
[describe defendant’s alleged actions or threats]; and
3. When [name of defendant] unlawfully attempted to make [name of victim] fear
[immediate/imminent] serious bodily injury, [name of victim] was [his/her/a/the]
___________________________ [specify relationship of victim listed in § 97-3-7(3)]; and
4. [Name of defendant] was previously convicted of _______________ [specify violation of §
97-3-7(3)] in __________ [list court and details of previous conviction] on __________ [list date
of previous conviction] and of _______________ [specify violation of § 97-3-7(3)] in
__________ [list court and details of previous conviction] on __________ [list date of previous
conviction], both occurring within five (5) years of ____________ [date of alleged crime],
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 2651 (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
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