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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3437
Malicious Mischief
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with malicious mischief.
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] maliciously and unlawfully
[destroyed/disfigured/harmed/injured/damaged/caused to be destroyed, disfigured, or injured]
____________ [specify the real or personal property] owned by [name of owner];
OR
2B. [Name of defendant] mischievously and unlawfully
[destroyed/disfigured/harmed/injured/damaged/caused to be destroyed, disfigured, or injured]
____________ [specify the real or personal property] owned by [name of owner];
and
3. The ____________ [specify the real or personal property] [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 3437 (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
295a6a84eede57d2f4a2f85f074d0e80c4c016c526e67c5aa9eeace98c2547b2
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