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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2654
Aggravated Domestic Violence - Recklessly Caused Serious Injury to a Person
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ____ with aggravated 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] recklessly and unlawfully [seriously injured/caused serious bodily injury
to] [name of victim] by _________________________________ [describe defendant’s alleged
actions]; and
3. When [name of defendant] recklessly and unlawfully [seriously injured/caused serious bodily
injury to] [name of victim], [name of victim] was [his/her/a/the]
___________________________ [specify relationship of victim listed in § 97-3-7(4)],
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 2654 (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
a400eecc9f25dedd0df18ad659bc2b60f0a98aba92a3d23ac948f34901d7024e
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