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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2909
Fraudulently Using Food Coupons - Third Offense
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with fraudulently using food coupons.
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] and unlawfully [used/caused to be used] food
coupons to which [he/she] was not entitled;
OR
2B. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/knowingly] and unlawfully [used/caused to be used] food
coupons in a greater amount than which [he/she] was entitled; and
3. [Name of defendant] was previously convicted of _____________ [specify violation of §
97-7-42] in _____________ [list court and details of previous conviction] on __________ [list
date of previous conviction] and of _______________ [specify violation of § 97-7-42] in
_____________ [list court and details of previous conviction] on __________ [list date of
previous conviction],
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 2909 (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
ed76fff90df33df9c7f01beebf123a16741c379f4ca6ed6ec35645b806eb88fe
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