MS · jury_instructions
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2752
Extortion by a Public Official
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ____ with extortion.
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 a public official acting in [his/her] official capacity; and
3. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/purposely] and unlawfully [got/obtained/attempted to
get/attempted to obtain] [a/an] ____________ [specify property, reward, favor, or advantage] by:
A. Threatening to [harm/hurt/injure] someone; or
B. Committing a crime or violating a civil statute; or
C. Threatening to commit a crime; or
D. Revealing unknown information about [name of person], intending to embarrass or
humiliate [name of person]; or
E. Threatening to reveal unknown information about [name of person], intending to
embarrass or humiliate [name of person],
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, “public official” means a person elected or appointed to any office,
position, or employment where that person is paid a fee or salary by the State of Mississippi or a
political subdivision thereof, or an agency or subdivision of the government of the United States.
In this instruction, “[obtain/get]” means to bring about a transfer or supposed transfer of a
legal interest in property; physical possession of property; a reward or favor; or an advantage of
some kind in [labor/work] or service.
In this instruction, “property” means something of value, including real estate; personal
property; contract rights; the reputation of a person; other interests in or claims to wealth;
admission or transportation tickets; captured or domestic animals; food and drink; electric or
other power.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2752 (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
b2b2a9b405703ea8402d1b7adf6f88054c8c3cfc7d8f785b40b2fce45acaab01
The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.
Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.