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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2802
Taking a Child less than 14 Years Old to Hide from Parents or for Marriage or Prostitution
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ____ with taking a child less than 14 years old to
hide from [his/her] parents or for marriage or prostitution.
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] [intentionally/willfully/maliciously/fraudulently] took [name of child],
who was less than 14 years old, intending to _____________________________ [specify (1)
hide the child from [his/her] parents or legal guardian; (2) marry the child; or (3) use the child for
prostitution],
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 2802 (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
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