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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3005
Offering Something to Bring or Maintain a Lawsuit
[Name of defendant] is charged in count _____ with getting a person to bring or maintain
a lawsuit or other legal proceeding.
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 [promised/gave/offered/agreed to promise, give or
offer/received/accepted/agreed to receive or accept/asked for/solicited/donated] ______________
[specify money, check, personal services, personal property, real property, or something of value]
to [name of person], in order to get [name of person] ___________________ [specify (1) to
bring a lawsuit or other legal proceeding or (2) to continue to maintain a lawsuit or other legal
proceeding] ________________ [specify (1) in __________ Court or (2) before ____________
[specify agency or board]],
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 3005 (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
6b96e2e39d04fd054aa52f7b113eadc58603ff684476bc2dc6b183d2ae41f40b
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