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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3201
Offering Gifts to Influence Voting or Election Activities
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with offering a gift, reward, or promise to
influence voting or election activities.
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] unlawfully offered a __________ [specify gift, reward, promise] to
[name of person], who was [a/an] ____________________ [specify voter, manager, clerk,
canvasser, or executive officer] attending an election, intending to influence [name of person]'s
____________ [specify vote, opinion, action, or judgment] relating to the election,
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 in count ___.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3201 (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
06818eef2234e5bf16cc299372e63596b68bafcbbd700c9a4fd31246e3027fa8
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