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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3430

Larceny - Failing to Pay Owner for Timber Product

activein force · 2012-06-30 – presentas-observed

[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;

2. [Name of defendant] [got/acquired] [a/an] ______________ [specify the timber product] from

[name of owner] with [his/her] consent, and [name of defendant] received payment for the

______________ [specify the timber product]; but

3. [Name of defendant] unlawfully failed to give the payment for the ______________ [specify

the timber product] to [name of owner] within 30 days; and

4. On or about [date of notification], [name of owner] notified [name of defendant] of [name of

owner]’s demand for payment; and

5. More than ten (10) days passed and [name of defendant] did not pay [name of owner]; and

6. The ______________ [specify the timber product] [was/were] valued at more than $500.00,

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 3430 (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: 146dcfefec02d71c583d12a2298affe4cc868176402c1565d13f27d5dacf7677

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