MS · jury_instructions
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3100
Making a False Entry or Changing Public Records
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ____ with making a false entry or with changing
public records.
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 ____________ [specify clerk of court, public officer, or another
person]; and
3. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/wittingly] and unlawfully:
A. Made a false entry in a court record or public office record; or
B. Erased work or a letter in a court record or public office record; or
C. Changed a court record or public office record,
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 3100 (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
7ae84e4fac92d2a3b0fd3ce28a4dde3ab1e2d52cf5ad3adc2fd1de1804b2228c
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