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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3522
Fraud Relating to a State or Federally Funded Assistance Program - By a Person with Duties in Administering a State or Federally Funded Assistance Program
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with fraud relating to a state or federally
funded assistance program.
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] had duties in administering _______________ [specify the state or
federally funded assistance program]; and
3A. [Name of defendant] fraudulently and unlawfully misappropriated ____________ [specify
food stamp(s); a food stamp identification card; an electronic benefits card or benefits received
by such a card; an eligibility certificate for prescribed medicine; a Medicaid identification card;
or other assistance from a state or federally funded assistance program with which [name of
defendant] was entrusted or possessed because of [name of defendant]'s position];
OR
3B. [Name of defendant] fraudulently and unlawfully attempted to misappropriate
____________ [specify food stamp(s); a food stamp identification card; an electronic benefits
card or benefits received by such a card; an eligibility certificate for prescribed medicine; a
Medicaid identification card; or other assistance from a state or federally funded assistance
program with which [name of defendant] was entrusted or possessed because of [name of
defendant]'s position];
OR
3C. [Name of defendant] fraudulently and unlawfully [aided/abetted/assisted/helped] [name of
person] to misappropriate ____________ [specify food stamp(s); a food stamp identification
card; an electronic benefits card or benefits received by such a card; an eligibility certificate for
prescribed medicine; a Medicaid identification card; or other assistance from a state or federally
funded assistance program with which [name of defendant] was entrusted or possessed because
of [name of defendant]'s position],
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 3522 (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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