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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3425
Larceny - Severing Crops
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with larceny by severing crops.
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 cut or severed __________ [specify the crop or produce]
owned by [name of owner] and growing in the soil; and
3. [Name of defendant] unlawfully took and converted the __________ [specify the crop or
produce] for [his/her] own use, intending to steal the __________ [specify the crop or produce];
and
4. The __________ [specify the crop or produce] [was/were] valued at $500.00 or more,
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 3425 (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
387b0bf7c780857af034fc09a5ff4a90eb4b7f326ba93dc43cfe540b25c5387f
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