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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3054

Receiving a Bribe by a Witness

activein force · 2012-06-30 – presentas-observed

[Name of defendant] is charged in count ____ with receiving a bribe.

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] was a witness or a person who may have been called to be a witness in an

official proceeding; and

3. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/knowingly] and unlawfully [asked

for/solicited/accepted/agreed to accept] ____________ [specify the benefit], understanding that

_________________________ [specify (1) [name of defendant]’s testimony would be

influenced; (2) [name of defendant] would be encouraged to avoid the summons to testify; or (3)

[name of defendant] would be encouraged not to attend a proceeding that [he/she] had been

summoned to attend],

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 3054 (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: 15f8b91f1f72c4aa23d85268fd8be2eff96da4c23e5af78d630e0659a9861fb2

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