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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2900

Making Fraudulent Statements or Representations

activein force · 2012-06-30 – presentas-observed

[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with making fraudulent statements or

representations.

If you find beyond a reasonable doubt from the evidence in this case that:

1. On or about [date of alleged crime], in __________ County;

2A. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/knowingly/willfully] and unlawfully

[falsified/concealed/covered up] a material fact, intending to defraud the State of Mississippi or

____________ [specify the department, agency, office, board, commission, county, municipality,

or other state or local government subdivision];

2B. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/knowingly/willfully] and unlawfully made a false or

fraudulent statement or representation, intending to defraud the State of Mississippi or

____________ [specify the department, agency, office, board, commission, county, municipality,

or other state or local government subdivision],

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 in count ___.

History

Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2900 (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: ea435faa1e4e6e2b8ec51ac836c486b52330a8788ea2127fecd329a14b6ccb7f

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