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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3022
Changing or Hiding a Will
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ____ with [altering/changing/hiding] a will.
If you find beyond a reasonable doubt from the evidence in this case that:
1. On or about [date of alleged crime], in ____________ County;
2A. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/willfully] and unlawfully [altered/changed/destroyed]
[name of person]’s will or a codicil to a will without [his/her] consent by
__________________________ [describe defendant’s alleged actions];
OR
2B. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/willfully] and unlawfully hid [name of person]’s will or a
codicil to a will after [name of defendant] learned of [name of person]’s death,
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 3022 (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
17bbec0246b9bad1eb3ca15629049d8ebcfe1c760cc1b4ceba8713418148851e
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