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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3500
Using a Credit Card or Credit Card Number with the Intent to Defraud - Less than $100.00 - Second or Subsequent Offense
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with using a credit card, credit card number,
or [forged/fake] credit card with the intent to defraud.
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 used a ____________ [specify credit card, credit card
number, or [forged/fake] credit card] to [receive/obtain/get] _____________ [specify money,
goods, property, services, or something of value], which [was/were] valued at less than $100.00,
intending to defraud the ____________ [specify credit card owner; credit card issuer; person who
provided the money, goods, property, services, or something of value; or organization which
provided the money, goods, property, services, or something of value]; and
3. [Name of defendant] was previously convicted of _______________ [specify violation of §
97-19-21] in ___________ [list court and details of previous conviction] on __________ [list
date of previous conviction] [and of _______________ [specify violation of § 97-19-21] in
___________ [list court and details of previous conviction] on __________ [list date of previous
conviction]],
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 3500 (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
20e1bb3ef1525b74eea0f5b399ce0cd58d65b0286d9917ff0d4cd2c74bd3c5c4
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