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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3058

Bribing a Juror

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

[Name of defendant] is charged in count ____ with bribing a juror.

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 juror] was a juror; and

3. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/knowingly] and unlawfully [offered/conferred/gave/agreed

to give] ____________ [specify the benefit] to [name of juror], intending to influence [name of

juror]’s __________ [specify vote, opinion, decision, or other action as a juror],

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 3058 (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: 0c2fd730acb3ba907f906ff1b29db77d8690a61b6fe311df71d489d262070928

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