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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3103
Embezzlement - Converting Property
[Name of defendant] is charged in count _____ with embezzlement.
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 ____________ [specify official listed in § 97-11-25]; and
3A. [Name of defendant] converted __________ [specify money or thing of value], which came
into [name of defendant]’s possession because of [his/her] office or employment, to [his/her]
own use;
OR
3B. [Name of defendant] failed to immediately turn over __________ [specify money or thing of
value], which came into [name of defendant]’s possession because of [his/her] office or
employment, when required to do so by a legal obligation,
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 3103 (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
7fcf133a079848a592c74290dc8b7eae8d04c92b4183bc36e2847d2f8cf1ebc4
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