Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3436

[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with looting.

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/knowingly] entered into [a/an] _____________ [specify

home, dwelling, premises, commercial, mercantile, business, or industrial building, plant, or

establishment] where security for the property was not present because of [a/an] ____________

[specify hurricane, fire, major event, riot, mob, or other human agency], without the owner’s

authority or lawful authority; and

3A. [Name of defendant] unlawfully [got/obtained/exerted] control over property belonging to

[name of owner];

OR

3B. [Name of defendant] unlawfully [damaged/harmed/injured/removed] property belonging to

[name of owner],

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 _____.