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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3400
Arson - First Degree - Dwelling House
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with arson in the first degree.
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] [intentionally/willfully], maliciously, and unlawfully [set fire
to/burned/caused to be burned/assisted burning/helped burn] [a/an] ____________ [specify
dwelling house; kitchen, shop, barn, stable, or outhouse that was part of a dwelling house; or
state-supported school] owned by [name of owner],
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 3400 (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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