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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2730
Statutory Rape - Victim Less Than 14 Years Old
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with statutory rape.
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] was ____ years old or older; and
3. [Name of defendant] unlawfully had sexual intercourse with [name of victim]; and
4. When [name of defendant] unlawfully had sexual intercourse with [name of victim], [name of
victim] was:
A. Less than 14 years old; and
B. Twenty-four (24) or more months younger than [name of defendant]; and
C. Not [name of defendant]’s spouse,
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, “sexual intercourse” means any penetration of the vagina or genitalia
by the defendant's penis or any penetration of the genitalia, anus, or perineum by the defendant’s
penis or an object.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2730 (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
c17625b240dd53f0c42d57bb09d671838e35f510488ded8ef2ad684d74ea0c99
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