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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3202

Falsifying Ballots or Entries in Voting Lists

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

[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with making or allowing false ballots to be

made or with making or allowing false entries to be made on voting lists.

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 clerk or manager in ____________ [specify general or special

election]; and

3. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/knowingly] and unlawfully:

A. Made a false entry on the voter's list; or

B. [Allowed/Consented to] a false entry being made on the voter's list; or

C. [Allowed/Permitted] a ballot, which had not been given by a voter, to be put in the

ballot box; or

D. Took out a ballot from the ballot box; or

E. [Allowed/Permitted] a ballot to be taken out of the ballot box; or

F. [Intentionally/Designedly] [changed/destroyed] ballots given by the voters,

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 3202 (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: d54145fcc7520676644dd9c37960954f2d3bd12582327c51fe911a2de47d4e03

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