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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3407
Arson - Insured Property
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with arson.
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] and unlawfully [set fire to/burned/caused to be
burned/assisted burning/helped to burn/attempted to burn] [a/an] ________________ [specify
building, structure, or personal property] owned by [name of owner], intending to defraud or
harm [name of insurer], [who/which] at the time insured the ________________ [specify
building, structure, or personal property] against damage or loss by fire,
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 3407 (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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