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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2741
Kidnapping - Victim under 16 Years Old
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ____ with kidnapping.
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 [kidnapped/lured/took] [name of victim] by using force to
________________________ [describe defendant’s alleged actions] against the will of [name(s)
of parent(s), guardian(s), or other person], who had legal custody of the victim; and
3. When [name of defendant] unlawfully [kidnapped/lured/took] [name of victim], [name of
victim] was less than 16 years old,
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 2741 (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
c852504ae07c594d72e03d40486d6a026472533ddb3ba51721cc34be1f3a3182
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