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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3403
Arson - First Degree - Did Not Call for Assistance
[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] accidently [set fire to/burned/caused to be burned] [a/an]
________________ [specify church, temple, synagogue, place of worship, or state-supported
school]; and
3. [Name of defendant] watched the ______________ [specify church, temple, synagogue, place
of worship, or state-supported school] burn but [intentionally/willfully] and unlawfully did not
sound a fire alarm or call the Fire Department or other local authorities for help,
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 3403 (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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