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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3301
Offering Money or Something of Value to Influence
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with offering money or something of value
to influence.
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 [gave/offered to give/promised/procured/obtained to be
promised, offered or given], either directly or indirectly, [a/an] ___________________________
[specify money; contract; promise; undertaking; obligation; gratuity; security for the payment of
money; delivery of something of value; political appointment or influence, present; employment
reward; or something of value] to [name of person], ___________________ [specify (1) who
was a Mississippi Transportation Commissioner or (2) who was an ____________ [specify
engineer, agent, or employee] acting on behalf of the Mississippi Transportation Commission],
intending to influence [name of person]'s decision or actions on a question, matter, or proceeding
______________ [specify (1) which was pending or (2) which may have been brought] before
[name of person] in [his/her] official capacity,
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 3301 (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
2e9a3e014b8552e5267bb8df9fdfaf33b76c8213429678a9a4de42f4f9745b2d
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