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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2807
Photographing or Filming a Child less than 18 Years Old Engaged in Sexual Conduct
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with photographing or filming a child less
than 18 years old engaged in sexual conduct.
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 [photographed/filmed/videotaped/recorded] a child, who was
less than 18 years old and who was engaged in actual or pretend sexual conduct,
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 conduct” means real or pretend (1) sexual intercourse,
including genital to genital, oral to genital, anal to genital, or oral to anal intercourse, between
people of the same or opposite sex; (2) bestiality; (3) masturbation; (4) sadistic or masochistic
abuse; (5) sexually showing the genitals or pubic area of any person; or (6) sexually touching the
genitals, pubic area, buttocks, anus, or breast.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2807 (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
5ccaf3b40c558107e06860575f43d2486eada08db77b29e7897dd840bd0348b5
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