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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3018
Failing to Stop for a Law Enforcement Officer - Reckless Disregard
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with failing to stop for a law enforcement
officer.
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 law enforcement officer], a law enforcement officer, signaled [name of defendant] to
come to a stop by _______________ [describe officer’s hand, voice, siren, or emergency light
signal]; and
3. [Name of law enforcement officer] was performing [his/her] official law enforcement
[duty/duties] and reasonably believed that [name of defendant] had committed a crime; and
4. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/willfully] and unlawfully refused to come to a stop; and
5. [Name of defendant] was operating [his/her] motor vehicle in such a way to show reckless or
[intentional/willfull] disregard of the safety of people or property,
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 3018 (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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