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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3003
Bribery to Conceal Certain Felonies - Death and Life Imprisonment
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ____ with bribery to conceal a felony.
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] knew about [a/an] _______________ [specify the felony punishable by
death or life imprisonment]; and
3. [Name of defendant] unlawfully [took/received/accepted] [a/an] _______________ [specify
money, property, reward, or promise], intending to ___________________ [specify (1) conceal
the felony; (2) refuse to cooperate with the felony’s prosecution; or (3) withhold evidence about
the felony],
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 3003 (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
7c32a8b6132355d18febc8bb940b98a1b638cd292a71b1bb76db93c9aaa7d667
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