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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3111
Influencing Public Officials - Receiving Something of Value
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ____ with receiving something of value to
influence a public official.
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 public official listed in § 97-11-53]; and
3A. [Name of defendant] [accepted/received/offered to receive/agreed to receive] __________
[specify money, property, or something of value] from [name of person] as an
[incentive/inducement] to:
A. Award or refuse to award a contract by ____________ [specify the entity listed in §
97-11-53]; or
B. [Purchase/Buy/Sell/Lease] property by ____________ [specify the entity listed in §
97-11-53]; or
C. [Accomplish/Carry out] an official act involving public money or public trust;
OR
3B. [Name of defendant’s spouse] [accepted/received/offered to receive/agreed to receive]
__________ [specify money, property, or something of value] from [name of person], with
[name of defendant]’s knowledge and consent, as an [incentive/inducement] for [name of
defendant] to:
A. Award or refuse to award a contract by ____________ [specify the entity listed in §
97-11-53]; or
B. [Purchase/Buy/Sell/Lease] property by ____________ [specify the entity listed in §
97-11-53]; or
C. [Accomplish/Carry out] an official act involving public money or public trust,
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 3111 (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
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