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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3428
Larceny - Stealing Livestock
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with larceny.
If you find beyond a reasonable doubt from the evidence in this case that:
1. On or about [date of alleged crime], in __________ County;
2A. [Name of defendant] unlawfully took livestock owned by [name of owner], without [name of
owner]’s consent;
OR
2B. [Name of defendant] unlawfully took livestock owned by [name of owner], by fraudulent
conduct, practices, or representations,
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 3428 (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
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