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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3013
Intimidation of Judges, Jurors, Witnesses, or Attorneys
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ____with intimidating [a/an] _____________
[specify judge, juror, someone summoned for jury duty, witness, attorney, or other court officer
carrying out his or her duties].
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 [threatened/used force against/abused/attempted to
intimidate/attempted to influence] [name of judge, juror, someone summoned for jury duty,
witness, attorney, or court officer carrying out [his/her] duties] by
____________________________ [describe defendant’s alleged actions],
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 3013 (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
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