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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 2917
Asking for or Receiving Money to Unlawfully Influence a Legislator
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with asking for or receiving money in
exchange for unlawfully influencing a legislator.
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 [asked for/received] money or something of value from [name
of person], based on [name of defendant]'s [claim/representation/pretense] that [name of
defendant] could and would improperly influence [name of legislator or official], who was a
member or official of the legislature, and [his/her] actions or vote on a legislative matter,
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 2917 (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
a04954fe9635ab3a81ca26fcd13aa2fab82a56e3baa1bf274199469fa55bb793
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