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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2725
Overloading a Boat
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ____ with manslaughter.
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] [operated/navigated] a boat for [money/gain];
3A. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/willfully] and unlawfully [received/took] on too many
passengers or goods onto the boat, which caused the boat to sink or overturn;
OR
3B. [Name of defendant] negligently and unlawfully [received/took] on too many passengers or
goods onto the boat, which caused the boat to sink or overturn; and
4. As a result of the boat sinking or overturning, [name of victim] drowned or was killed,
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 2725 (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
bc4413f1cea2c1a9238508910c1a3fff704b8c84aced0c6373a5812e34d84919
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