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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2748
Robbery - By Violence or Fear of Injury
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with robbery.
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 took [name of owner]'s ________________ [describe the
personal property] against [name of owner]'s will, intending to permanently keep the
________________ [describe the personal property]; and
3. [Name of defendant] unlawfully took the __________________ [describe the personal
property] from [name of owner]’s [body/person] or from [his/her] presence:
A. By using violence to __________________________ [describe defendant’s alleged
actions]; or
B. By putting [name of owner] in fear of immediate injury,
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 2748 (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
2feefb764c00bc696fca1a5c865121472d3d48b7f09a23e6051d13d0b45370a5
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